Answer to China’s muscle power

India’s latest face-off with China has once again underlined the challenge of confronting its increasing muscle power. In March this year China increased its defence budget from $106 billion in 2012-13 to $119 billion. In comparison, India’s defence allocation is merely $37 billion. It is a matter of small satisfaction that the finance minister stated in his speech that “The Minister of Defence has been most understanding, and I assure him and the House that constraints will not come in the way of providing any additional requirement for the security of the nation.”

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