Over the last decade, India’s defence and internal security posture reflects a decisive shift towards strength, clarity, and self-reliance.
Strengthening Defence Capacity
- Defence expenditure: Increase from ₹2.53 lakh crore (2013-14) to ₹6.81 lakh crore (2025-26).
- Domestic production: Tripled to ₹1.50 lakh crore in last 10 years.
- Reforms like Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 prioritize "Buy (Indian – Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured)".
- SRIJAN Portal and Positive Indigenisation Lists aim to eliminate imports.
- Defence export: Grew thirty-four times over the last decade to ₹23,622 crore.
- Indian equipment is now exported to over 100 nations, including the United States, France, and Armenia.
- Reforms initiated
- Liberalized FDI in defence to attract capital and advanced technology.
- Innovation push through iDEX and Technology Development Fund.
Proactive Counter-Terrorism
- India adopted a firm approach, conducting surgical strikes (2016) and Operation Sindoor (2025) after terror attacks.
- Sudarshan Chakra Mission (announced 2025) aims for a futuristic, indigenous national security shield by 2035.
- Prime Minister’s "Five New Normals".
Securing the Home Front
- Left-Wing Extremism has been significantly controlled; violence and casualties fell by 85%.
- Financial Inclusion, Foodgrain and dairy production increased significantly.
- India Semiconductor Mission is fostering indigenous chip design and production.
