India Boosts Its Cinderella Service -- Jennifer McArdle, The Diplomat
India’s Navy has for too long been neglected when money has been allocated. The latest defense budget suggests that may be starting to change.
In comparison with its sister services, the Indian Navy, or India’s “Cinderella service,” since independence, has consistently garnered the paltriest share of the defense budget. However, the release of the 2012-2013 defense budget, allocating the Navy the lion’s share of the capital budget in comparison to its sister services, seems to suggest otherwise. Has India’s “Cinderella service” finally found its glass slipper?
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My Comment: If India wants to be a regional power in the Indian Ocean .... not having a navy will make this next to impossible.