Defence budget

Coverage balance

How many entries exist for each party's governments and each decade. This shows where the record is thin, so a quiet period reads as a gap in coverage, not as inactivity.

Dossiers

Actions in time order, by government

1. Narendra Modi, 30 May 2019 to 9 Jun 2024

   BJP NDA government

   • ImplementedBJP14 Jun 2022

     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)