Category

Armed Forces & Defence

Military, procurement, border management and strategic forces.

Sub-categories

Evidence points in this category, by party

Armed Forces & Defence: points by partySorted by points per year in this category. Order is not a verdict; look at the ranges and the number of actions behind each figure.
PartyPoints per yearTotal pointsRange (total)Actions scored
BJP+0.49+7.4+5.5 to +9.32

Parties with under 2 years in power are left out because a per-year figure over so short a time swings widely; their entries are listed below.

Low data: fewer than 2 scored actions credited to the party in this category.

Coverage by party

Entries in this category by the party that led the government responsible. Zero is shown so gaps are visible.

No dossiers are published in this category yet. Dossiers are unscored fact files; they carry no party points.

Actions in Armed Forces & Defence

  • ImplementedBJP

    Agnipath short-service recruitment scheme

    Announced 14 June 2022, Agnipath recruits personnel below officer rank for four years, with up to 25% retained for a further 15 years, replacing earlier regular recruitment for those ranks.

    Evidence points +3.5 (range +3.0 to +4.0)

  • ImplementedBJP

    Pokhran-II nuclear tests and declared doctrine

    In May 1998 India conducted five underground nuclear tests, declared a voluntary test moratorium and a no-first-use posture, and faced international sanctions that were lifted by 2001.

    Evidence points +6.0 (range +4.0 to +8.0)