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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Agnipath: With 34 lakh military pensioners, pensions form >50% of defence budget -Vignesh Radhakrishnan, Rebecca Rose Varghese and Jasmin Nihalani

Agnipath: With 34 lakh military pensioners, pensions form >50% of defence budget -Vignesh Radhakrishnan, Rebecca Rose Varghese and Jasmin Nihalani

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published Published on Jun 20, 2022   modified Modified on Jun 21, 2022

-The Hindu

More than half the defence budget is allocated for pensions every year while less than 5% is allocated for research and development

One key reason for the Agnipath scheme, which aims to recruit defence personnel in short-term contracts, could be to reduce increasing pension payments in the Army, Navy, and Air Force. More than half the defence budget is allocated for pensions every year while less than 5% is allocated for research and development (R&D). Over 70% of the defence budget is being used for revenue expenditure (operating expenses), while only about 30% is spent on capital expenditure, meant for the modernisation of the forces. The budgeted expenditure for defence pensions in 2022-23 is higher than the Health and Education Ministries’ revenue expenditures and just below those of the Agriculture and Rural Development Ministries. Moreover, defence pensioners form half of all Union government retirees and double the number of ex-railway employees. The number of defence pensioners has increased by around 10 lakh in just the last seven years.

Share of defence budget

The chart shows the defence pension budget and the defence R&D budget as a share of the total defence revenue expenditure across years. At present, less than 5% of the revenue expenditure is allocated to R&D, while more than 50% of it is spent on pensions. 

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The Hindu, 20 June, 2022, https://www.thehindu.com/data/data-agnipath-34-lakh-military-pensioners-pensions-form-50-defence-budget/article65545319.ece


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