United Nations report stated that as New Delhi diversifies its arms purchases and the US is rapidly increasing its arms sales to India, emerging over the last five years as its second biggest supplier by providing 15% of its weapons imports. Meanwhile a study by Sipri said Washington increased its sales by more than five times compared to the previous five years.
Meanwhile previously Israel has moved up to the third spot accounting for 11% of India's imports during the 2013-17 calendar years. According to the report that tracks the global arms trade although Russia remained by far India's biggest arms seller, it share of total imports has fallen. Russia had a 62% share of India's arms imports during the past five years, down from 79% in 2008-12.
Meanwhile according
to this valuation system, India's arms purchases have come down during the last
full three years of Bharatiya Janata Party government compared to the last three
full years of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance rule.
