India - Military

Military

Military branches:	Army, Navy (includes naval air arm), Air Force, Coast Guard, various security or paramilitary forces (includes 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 service age and obligation:	16 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)
Manpower available for military service:	males age 16-49: 287,551,111 females age 16-49: 268,524,835 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:	males age 16-49: 219,471,999 females age 16-49: 209,917,553 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:	males age 18-49: 11,446,452 females age 16-49: 10,665,877 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:	2.5% (2006)