<!--QuoteBegin-Naresh+Jan 15 2006, 05:31 AM-->QUOTE(Naresh @ Jan 15 2006, 05:31 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>agnivayu Ji :</b>
1. With due respect, I cannot understand where you are coming from when you state that India should add USD One Billion to the cost of maintaining the Pipe Line.
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If Pakistan get's several hundred million dollars in cash each year, then no doubt this money will be ploughed directly into their defense budget.
To counteract this growth in their defense budget, India will have to raise it's defense budget by atleast that much (probably more), therefore the 1 Billion.
I heard the Pakistani prime minister on C-SPAN stating that their defense budget as a % of GDP is declining. I think this is because of U.S. military aid which is both to prop up Pakistan, but is also a subsidy for US defense contractors.
1. With due respect, I cannot understand where you are coming from when you state that India should add USD One Billion to the cost of maintaining the Pipe Line.
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If Pakistan get's several hundred million dollars in cash each year, then no doubt this money will be ploughed directly into their defense budget.
To counteract this growth in their defense budget, India will have to raise it's defense budget by atleast that much (probably more), therefore the 1 Billion.
I heard the Pakistani prime minister on C-SPAN stating that their defense budget as a % of GDP is declining. I think this is because of U.S. military aid which is both to prop up Pakistan, but is also a subsidy for US defense contractors.