TY  - BOOK
AU  - Behera,Laxman Kumar
TI  - India's defence economy: planning, budgeting, industry, and procurement 
SN  - 9780367564964
AV  - HD9743.I42 B425 2021
U1  - 338.4/735500954 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York
PB  - Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Defense industries
KW  - India
KW  - Defense
KW  - Economic aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "As the fourth largest military spender in the world, India has a huge defence economy with a budget amounting to nearly $67 billion in 2020-21. This book examines how well India's defence economy is managed, through a detailed statistical exposition of five key themes - defence planning, expenditure, arms production, procurement, and offsets. The book is based on hard-core evidence collected from multiple government and other credible sources including the ministries of Defence, Finance, and Commerce and Industry, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, and Reserve Bank of India. It discusses key issues such as the evolution of India's defence plan; the feasibility of increasing defence spending; India's defence acquisition system; and the recent reform measures taken under the rubric of the 'Make in India' initiative. Well supplemented with original tables and figures, the volume will be indispensable to students and researchers of defence and security studies, politics and international relations, finance, development studies, economics, strategic studies, South Asian politics, foreign policy and peace studies. It will also be of interest to defence ministry officials, senior armed forces personnel, military attaches, defence training institutes, and strategic think tanks"--
ER  -