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The country’s military modernisation continues to be hampered by a ballooning revenue expenditure for day-to-day running costs and salaries for the 15-lakh strong armed forces as well as a massive pension bill. ‘The World Without Us’ is an interesting and humbling work. While SIPRI does not go into details, India certainly does not get the requisite bang for its buck. temporality of the future anterior dictates that one of us will have been dedicated vou (R 22) to carry the other, to carry the world after. Amid ongoing tensions and border disputes with China and Pakistan that occasionally spill over into armed clashes, India has prioritised the modernisation of its armed forces and self-reliance in arms production,” said SIPRI. “India’s spending was up by 0.9% from 2020 and by 33% from 2012.