08.02.2026, India.
India is making significant efforts to build up its military power and, for this purpose, seeks to cooperate with the maximum number of partners, notes the Indian edition of the Rossa Primavera News Agency.
On February 1, the budget proposal for 2026-2027 was presented in the Indian parliament. A record 7.85 trillion rupees is allocated to the Ministry of Defence. Compared to the previous year, the budget increased by 15% and became a record.
Even the Finance Minister noted the importance of the military sphere. In her speech, Nirmala Sitharaman named strengthening the air force and navy, protecting borders, and building up intelligence capabilities as priorities.
After a convincing victory in the confrontation with Pakistan in May 2025, when the Indian armed forces delivered a series of sensitive blows to their opponent, the country’s government not only did not fall into euphoria but intends to further increase funding for its armed forces.
While presenting the budget proposal, the Finance Minister explained the government’s motivation. She noted that the implementation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Developed India” strategy must be comprehensive. Sitharaman emphasized that for economic development, it is necessary not only to create an environment for trade and investment but also to sharply increase the country’s defense capability.
Such a point of view seems very justified. In a world where a head of state can be declared, without any evidence, the creator and leader of a drug cartel and then kidnapped from his own capital without hindrance, economic power, not backed by corresponding force capabilities, will mean less and less.
India understands this perfectly and, without any increase in aggressiveness or threats in its rhetoric, is beginning to methodically strengthen its own military force. Simultaneously, the government wants to achieve independence in the military sphere.
New Delhi not only strives to diversify its suppliers of military equipment. Traditionally, Russia is the largest supplier of military equipment, but recently India has been making large purchases from France. A major contract in the field of anti-submarine warfare was recently concluded with the USA, and a new one is being prepared. A contract for the purchase of six diesel submarines is in its final stages with Germany.
However, purchases do not ensure full-fledged independence, so India is working on developing its own military-industrial complex. For this, India is ready to cooperate with practically all countries of the world, except perhaps Pakistan and China, which represent the greatest threat to it.
Source: Rossa Primavera News Agency
