{"id":195363,"date":"2026-02-20T13:04:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=195363"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:04:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:04:58","slug":"huge-increase-indias-defence-budget-attracts-criticism-for-being-source-of-kickbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/02\/20\/huge-increase-indias-defence-budget-attracts-criticism-for-being-source-of-kickbacks.html","title":{"rendered":"Huge increase India\u2019s defence budget attracts criticism for being source of kickbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Islamabad: India\u2019s defence budget has seen a huge increase, attracting criticism for being a source of kickbacks while procurement delays, bureaucratic hurdles, and lack of accountability persist.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, the surge in defence spending, in reality functions as a cash bonanza for corrupt actors, with procurement delays stretching into absurd lengths and administrative bottlenecks clogging every acquisition process, leaving a vacuum of scandal.<\/p>\n

The ballooning defence outlay is not focused on capability enhancement; instead, it lines the pockets of political patrons while essential equipment remains stuck in queues.<\/p>\n

Battalions are fully devoted to defence, yet the procurement system receives continuous backlash for being slow, opaque, and riddled with delays, with funds siphoned off through political patronage and non-transparent contracts.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s defence budget has effectively transformed into a giant slush fund for unaccountable actors, with outlays skyrocketing and procurement delays becoming the norm, bogged down by bureaucratic inertia and administrative paralysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Islamabad: India\u2019s defence budget has seen a huge increase, attracting criticism for being a source of kickbacks while procurement delays, bureaucratic hurdles, and lack of accountability persist. According to Kashmir Media Service, the surge in defence spending, in reality functions as a cash bonanza for corrupt actors, with procurement delays stretching into absurd lengths and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":195364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/Defence-budgt.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195365,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195363\/revisions\/195365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}