A government has a responsibility to its citizens to ensure their safety. Therefore, some people think that the government should increase spending on defense but spend less on social benefits. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Defending and assuring the safety of its citizens is the prime responsibility of any

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.

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, many people believe that the state needs to focus more on

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expenditure than on social benefits. In my opinion,

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spending on

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is imperative, citizens should not be deprived of the benefits of social schemes which are equally important for the people. Protecting its people at all times from external aggression is paramount to the sovereignty of any state.

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, attempts by neighbouring countries or terrorist organisations to attack the security forces or civilians can cause huge loss

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public life and damage to property.

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can be because of certain unsettled border disputes or political activism against democratic ideologies or any other geopolitical tensions caused by terrorism activities.

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, the separatist movement backed by Pakistan in the Indian region of Kashmir has caused tremendous irreparable damage to public property and claimed thousands of innocent lives in the

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20 years.

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,

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has to deploy a large number of military personnel in these border areas at the cost of billions of dollars.

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, if there was peace on all borders, the

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can allocate sufficient funds for social schemes.

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, the

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should refrain from going overboard and ensure that excessive

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spending is not at the cost of social spending.

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to say, citizens, especially from the poor and lower-income class depend largely on assistance from the state in areas of

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health care

and education. The

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needs to subsidise these activities for the upliftment of the weaker sections of the society.

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is vital to narrow the inequality gap between the rich and the poor in the society.

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equally as important as

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budget because ignoring the people from the lowest strata of society can cause imbalance and chaos in the country due to the stark inequality in people’s living standards. For overall development of the nation, it is the administration’s duty to provide the social benefits to

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the poor

of the poor.

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, the recent PAHAL scheme by the central

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in India to distribute free LPG connections to

the poorest

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the poor

in villages has yielded favourable results by helping them use clean cooking gas. In conclusion, I believe that

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spending to thwart the aggression of unfriendly neighbours is as important as providing assistance to poor citizens through various social benefit schemes.