COST OF INDIAN ARMY
The cost to the Indian Government of British troops maintained in India is one of the matters being discussed in London between representatives of the War Office and. the Staff of .the Army in India. The Indian Government claims that the cost should be reduced, since the defence of India is ultimately a problem of Imperial strategy. During recent years the cost to India of defence services has been: 1935-36, £33,735,000; 1936-37, £34,087,000; 1937-38, £35,407,000; 1938-39, £33,885,000. Although there was a decrease in the estimates for the present year, it is stated that there is actually an increase in expenditure of £200,000. British and Indian services, it is officially stated, are so intermingled that it is not. possible to give the cost of the British troops alone. The British soldier costs three or four times more than the Indian soldier. The authorised establishment of British troops in India is 57,000. It is now some 6000 below that figure.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 127, 1 June 1938, Page 20
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162COST OF INDIAN ARMY Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 127, 1 June 1938, Page 20
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