Decreasing defense expenditure and increasing social expenditure is the need of the hour

In spite of many agreements and ceasefires, Pakistan still tend to violate them. Added to this with China's growing support Pakistan turning no stone unturned to provocate India to war. It may even go to the extent of nuclear war. Northeastern region of India being geographically isolated, socially and economically neglected from years, china increased incursions and encouraging separatist movements here. China has a strong defense base and its increasing support to Pakistan can make it behave ruthlessly against India.

While social budget is internal defense expenditure is external. They should not be compared at all. Instead of making a hue cry over defense expenditure we should think of extending their services to departments like Disaster management which save life and property.

According to me, it is very necessary to invest more money to increase our defense service rather than social service & provide advance technology weapon to your solder as they protect our nation.

Hello friends,

I think since our country doesn't have good relationship with our neighboring countries and our country is even facing more terrorism attacks so India should invest more in defense.

I appreciate your views and would like to add some points that security is basic need which everyone want. If our n if our borders are secured its assurance to harmonious life and usual peaceful is supportive for development, upliftment of society.

As India spend a major chunk of its GDP on defence budget so indirectly we are giving signals others countries that we are gearing ourselves for war. Even all our near countries with whom we have more chance of war all have nuclear power including us so even in worst case ultimate sufferers will be both so its to be live peacefully. Rather than focus on defence we focus on health, education, infrastructure development and employment.

Reducing the defense expenditure and increasing the social expenditure is not the wise idea. It is just like forcing ourselves stand at the verge of threat. Budget raised for social expenditure is good enough if it is used for the people in the right way. Though there is a need to improve our social economic status I think it is done initially by changing ourselves that is not going behind the imported goods instead if we buy Indian goods that really helps and there is a need to improve research & development in defense to stand among other super power countries.

Well lets just say we are increasing defense budget we are getting new weapons developing new weapons but how do we know those weapons we are bringing are agile and likely forward changing like even we brought a fighter jet it has a limited flight capacity in 10000 hrs and gas turbine inside this jet need to be replaced which is whole lot another cost.

So I propose developing a sound is great need for India. If any country comes its way against India we can develop weapons then yeah it may take time but we strong manufacturing facility. But sorry why anyone would like to attack us?We would burn their house to ground how we got largest population for fight.

What losing our economy is the thing there is a clear line of distinction between rich and poor it could severely create riots and political in-stabilization. The poor people they are not even educated as it seem to be.

So education must be more preferable than defense. Because education could create better solutions like Kerala's all round development. Do we even have power 24/7 in our villages?

Hello friends,

In my point of view we should not try to reduce the defense expenditure. Because security is most important of any nation, at the current time each country is want to defeat to other country. In that situation we are not take a risk, but its also true that expenditure on social field is most important but I think both are the two face of coin both are most important for our nation,

Its important to make a balance between defense expenditure as well as social. If we are leading from the both side them only be our nation will be developing.

Reducing expenditure on defense will not cause any good. We are competing here with great powers like America, Russia, china etc. Which use advanced warfare technologies. What we need to do is first raise the standards of armor, military equipments and provide them best training.

As far as social expenditure is concerned optimum expenditure is required here, because Indian market is in crisis right now. The expenditure done socially should reach to each citizen, unless then I am not sure of ameliorating results.