The budget 2021-22 also did not increase the salaries of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The defense budget of the Pakistan Army is 7% of the national budget. India spends 4 times more per annum on its soldiers than Pakistan. Pakistan spends 12 12,500 per soldier per year. While India spends 42 42,000, India is the third largest country in the world in terms of annual defense expenditure. From 2014 to 2019, India's defense budget increased from 51 51 billion to 71 71 billion, but Pakistan's defense budget remained the same. India's defense budget is 6 to 7 times that of Pakistan. What's more, India was the world's second-largest arms importer from 2016 to 2020, with India spending about 18-19 billion a year on new arms alone, which is almost twice Pakistan's budget.
According to the details, the defense budget for the year 2021/22 is 16% of the total national budget, the defense budget of Pakistan Army is 7% of the national budget, the current defense budget is 2.8% of GDP, the defense budget remained frozen in 2019/20 due to the economic situation in the country, 2020 There was no increase in the salaries of the Pakistan Armed Forces even in the 21st century. Despite the depreciation of the rupee and inflation in these years, the defense needs were met within the available resources. Despite the closure of the Coalition Support Fund after 2018, the defense and security The needs of the country were met with the resources of the country, anti-corruption targets and scope and other security issues were not allowed to be reduced. The Pakistan Army played a vital role in the national campaign against the locusts and the Corona epidemic, but no allowances were taken while performing these duties in support of the civil administration, from the defense budget in the national war against the Corona epidemic. Rs 2.56 billion was spent but no additional demand was made.
The campaign against locusts also cost Rs 297 million from the defense budget. At the direction of the Chief of Army Staff, special attention was paid to indigenization of defense equipment and products in previous years so as not to reduce the foreign exchange. The Pakistan Army deposited more than Rs 190 billion in the national exchequer in the year 2019-20 in terms of direct and indirect taxes, Rs 25.8 billion in the form of income tax, customs surcharge and sales tax, the relief agencies of the Pakistan Army 164.239 Billions paid in taxes and duties, including the Army Welfare Trust, the Military Foundation, the National Logistics Cell and the Frontier Works Organization.
India spends 4 times more annually on its soldiers than Pakistan, Pakistan spends 12 12,500 a year on its soldiers, India spends 42 42,000, the United States spends 39 392,000 a year on its soldiers and Saudi Arabia spends 37 371,000 India is the third largest country in the world in terms of annual defense expenditure. From 2014 to 2019, India's defense budget increased from 51 51 billion to 71 71 billion, but Pakistan's defense budget remained the same. India's defense budget is 6 to 7 times higher than Pakistan's, India second in 2016-2020. As a major arms importer, India spends about 18-19 billion a year on new arms alone, which is almost double Pakistan's budget.
