Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Indian government has launched ambitious and far-reaching proposals for military modernization. Financial Support for Military Modernization InitiativesSince 2014, India has initiated unprecedented military modernization. Before the Modi regime, India’s military modernization evolved in four major phases (see Table 1). Table 1: Evolution of India’s military modernizationPeriod Focus of modernization initiatives 1947-1962 Restructuring colonial institutions and building new military organizations. Strategic Context of the ReformsThe growing Chinese threat has made India’s military modernization both inevitable and more challenging.

Source: Hindustan Times May 22, 2024 12:08 UTC