By Admin 
India’s Union Budget was presented on Sunday (February 1, 2026) and with it the discussion started about how much and where India is going to spend on the defense sector. Pakistan is most troubled by India’s defense budget and it is being discussed a lot there. Pakistani expert Qamar Cheema first expressed surprise after seeing India’s budget and asked that if India buys Russian weapons, will America impose CAATS Act (Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act) on it or not.
Qamar Cheema said that if India buys Su-57, it means that despite pressure from America, India is not buying F-35 from them. He said that one reason for purchasing Su-57 is that they can get it quickly because they have that comfort level with Russia, but it is also a matter that the S-400 did not come as soon as India wanted.
Pak expert said that Su-57 is a fifth generation jet and India already has 4.5 generation weapons. Now it remains to be seen whether America imposes CAATS Act (Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act) on India or not.
He said that last time when India bought S-400 from Russia, America did not impose CAATS Act, they said that we give you exemption, which they did not give to Turkey. Qamar Cheema said that India is basically buying Su-57 because it feels that it can make its local version and America does not transfer technology.
The CAATS Act is a US law that imposes sanctions on countries or entities carrying out significant transactions with Russia, Iran and South Korea. This act was imposed on Turkey in the year 2020 for purchasing defense system S-400 from Russia.
Qamar Cheema said that India has increased the defense budget by 15 percent, but this is unusual. He said that 14.68 percent of the Union Budget is for defence. No other ministry has received this much budget. At present India’s defense budget is around Rs 8 lakh crore.