Indian Armed Forces

The Indian Armed Forces are the military of India. It is made up of an Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard. There are other parts like Paramilitary and Strategic Nuclear Command.

Indian Armed Forces
Service branches	Indian Army Indian Navy Indian Air Force
Headquarters	Ministry of Defence, South Block, New Delhi
Leadership
Supreme Commander	President Droupadi Murmu
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister of Defence	Rajnath Singh
Defence Secretary	Ajay Kumar, IAS
Chief of Defence Staff	Vacant
Personnel
Military age	18[1]
Conscription	No
Reaching military age annually	23,116,044[2]
Active personnel	1,455,550[3] (ranked 2nd)
Reserve personnel	1,155,000[3] (ranked 3rd)
Expenditure
Budget	₹478,195 crore (US$63 billion) (2021–22)[4] (ranked 3rd)
Percent of GDP	2.4% (2019)[5]
Industry
Domestic suppliers	List Indian Ordnance Factories Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Bharat Electronics Limited Bharat Earth Movers Limited Bharat Dynamics Limited Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited Goa Shipyard Limited Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Mishra Dhatu Nigam[6]
Foreign suppliers	Russia[7]  France[7]  Israel[7]  United Kingdom[8]  United States[7]  Italy
Annual imports	US$42.9 billion (2000–16)[9] (Ranked 4th)
Annual exports	US$2.23 billion (2019–20)[10] (Ranked 19th) List  Afghanistan  Maldives  Tajikistan    Nepal  Bhutan  Israel  Oman  Bangladesh  Vietnam  UAE  Iran  Thailand  Kazakhstan  Turkey  Qatar  Uzbekistan  Saudi Arabia  Malaysia  Philippines  Kyrgyzstan  Indonesia
Related articles
History	Military history of India Presidency armies British Indian Army Royal Indian Navy Indian National Army Wars involving India
Ranks	Army Navy Air Force

The President of India is its Commander-in-Chief. However, it is managed by the Ministry of Defence.

In 2010, the Indian Armed Forces had 1.32 million active personnel. This makes it one of the largest militaries in the world.^[11]

Currently, the Indian Army is becoming more modern by buying and making new weapons. It is also building defences against missiles of other countries.^[12] In 2011, India imported more weapons than any other nation in the world.^[13]

From its independence in 1947, India fought four wars with Pakistan and one war with China.

Every year, 7 December is celebrated as Armed Forces Flag Day.

References

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