India's defence budget is one third of China: Pentagon

June 06, 2014 08:57

India's annual defence budget is just one-third of that of China despite the tensions that remain along their shared border, according to a Pentagon report. The official annual defence budget of China in the year 2013 was $119.5 billion against India's $39.2 billion, the Pentagon said yesterday in its annual report on China, which was submitted to the Congress.

For comparison, the national defence budget of Russia in the year 2013 was $ 69.5 followed by that of Japan of $56.9 billion.

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