When there is so much poverty, why are we spending so much on defence?

  • Q.

    When there is so much poverty, why are we spending so much on defence?

Name: Tapan Parekh, Std. VII

Age: Not Available

Institution: Bombay Cambridge

City: Andheri(E)

  • A.

    India needs both economic and national security to preserve our freedom and provide a happy prosperous and safe life to a billion people. The technologies developed for defence has spin off benefits for economic development to remove poverty. India?s defence expenditure is the lowest in terms of percentage.

By A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

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