Sri Lanka Increases 2025 Defence Budget by 3%
Colombo (Agencies): Sri Lanka has announced a defence budget of LKR 442 billion (USD 1.5 billion) for 2025, reflecting a 3% increase from the revised 2024 allocation of LKR 430.4…
India Announces 9.5% Increase in 2025–26 Defence Budget
New Delhi (Agencies): India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced a significant increase in its 2025–26 defence budget, raising it by 9.5% to INR6.81 trillion (USD78.4 billion). The announcement was…
China Increases Defense Budget for 2024
Beijing (Agencies): China has unveiled its defense budget draft for the year 2024, amounting to a substantial 1.66554 trillion yuan (approximately $231.36 billion). This represents a 7.2 percent increase compared…