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India: Military

Military branches
Army, Navy (including naval air arm), Air Force, Coast Guard, various security or paramilitary forces (including Border Security Force, Assam Rifles, National Security Guards, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Special Frontier Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Central Industrial Security Force, Railway Protection Force, and Defense Security Corps)
Military manpower - military age
17 years of age (2004 est.)
Military manpower - availability
males age 15-49: 293,677,117 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service
males age 15-49: 172,153,371 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually
males: 11,174,415 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure
$14,018.8 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP
2.4% (2003)

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