Editing Tatmadaw (section)

== Budget ==
According to an analysis of budgetary data between FY 2011–12 and 2018–19, approximately 13% to 14% of the national budget is devoted to the Burmese military.<ref>{{cite web|date=22 October 2019|title=Analysis {{!}} Tracking the Myanmar Govt's Income Sources and Spending|url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analysis/tracking-myanmar-govts-income-sources-spending.html|access-date=7 June 2020|website=The Irrawaddy|language=en-US|archive-date=7 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607120014/https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analysis/tracking-myanmar-govts-income-sources-spending.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the military budget remains opaque and subject to limited civilian scrutiny, and a 2011 Special Funds Law has enabled the Burmese military to circumvent parliamentary oversight to access supplemental funding.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|date=1 January 2017|title=Freedom in the World 2017 – Myanmar|url=https://www.ecoi.net/en/document/1408609.html|access-date=7 June 2020|website=Freedom House|language=en|archive-date=7 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607064939/https://www.ecoi.net/en/document/1408609.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Defence budgets were publicly shared for the first time in 2015, and in recent years, parliamentary lawmakers have demanded greater transparency in military spending.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web|date=9 August 2017|title=MP points out lack of details about defence spending|url=https://www.mmtimes.com/national-news/nay-pyi-taw/27172-mp-points-out-lack-of-details-about-defence-spending.html|access-date=7 June 2020|website=The Myanmar Times|archive-date=7 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607064937/https://www.mmtimes.com/national-news/nay-pyi-taw/27172-mp-points-out-lack-of-details-about-defence-spending.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The military also generates substantial revenue through 2 conglomerates, the [[Myanma Economic Holdings Limited]] (MEHL) and the [[Myanmar Economic Corporation]] (MEC).<ref name=":0">{{cite web|date=16 September 2019|title=Economic interests of the Myanmar military|url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/MyanmarFFM/Pages/EconomicInterestsMyanmarMilitary.aspx|access-date=7 June 2020|website=United Nations Human Rights Council|archive-date=4 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604230053/https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/MyanmarFFM/Pages/EconomicInterestsMyanmarMilitary.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Revenues generated from these business interests have strengthened the Burmese military's autonomy from civilian oversight, and have contributed to the military's financial operations in "a wide array of international human rights and humanitarian law violations."<ref name=":0" /> Revenues from MEHL and MEC are kept "off-book," enabling the military to autonomously finance military affairs with limited civilian oversight.<ref>{{Cite book|last=McCarthy|first=Gerard|title=Military Capitalism in Myanmar: Examining the Origins, Continuities and Evolution of "Khaki Capital"|date=6 March 2019|publisher=ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute|isbn=978-981-4843-55-3|language=en}}</ref>

Between 1990 and 2020, Myanmar's military officers received {{US$|18 billion}} in dividends from MEHL, whose entire board is made up of senior military officials.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-10 |title=Myanmar military gets billions from profitable business: Amnesty |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/10/myanmar-military-gets-billions-from-profitable-business-amnesty |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=25 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325060525/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/10/myanmar-military-gets-billions-from-profitable-business-amnesty |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the FY 2019–20 national budget, the military was allocated 3,385 billion kyats (approximately US$2.4 billion).<ref>{{cite web|date=10 October 2019|title=Spending on electricity tops budget for the first time|url=https://www.mmtimes.com/news/spending-electricity-tops-budget-first-time.html|access-date=7 June 2020|website=The Myanmar Times|archive-date=7 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607064937/https://www.mmtimes.com/news/spending-electricity-tops-budget-first-time.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In May 2020, the Burmese parliament reduced the military's supplementary budgetary request by $7.55 million.<ref>{{cite web|date=28 May 2020|title=Myanmar parliament cuts Defence Ministry budget by K10.6 billion|url=https://www.mmtimes.com/news/myanmar-parliament-cuts-defence-ministry-budget-k106-billion.html|access-date=7 June 2020|website=The Myanmar Times|archive-date=7 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607064948/https://www.mmtimes.com/news/myanmar-parliament-cuts-defence-ministry-budget-k106-billion.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 28 October 2014, the Minister for Defence [[Wai Lwin]] revealed at a [[Assembly of the Union|Parliament]] session that 46.2% of the budget is spent on personnel cost, 32.89% on operation and procurement, 14.49% on construction related projects and 2.76% on health and education.<ref name="mizzima">{{cite news|last=ဝင်းကိုကိုလတ်|date=28 October 2014|title=စစ်ဆင်ရေးအတွက် ကန်ဒေါ်လာ ရှစ်ဘီလီယံသုံး|language=my|work=Mizzima|url=http://www.mizzimaburmese.com/2013-10-20-16-16-07/2013-11-01-01-48-27/item/31153-2014-10-28-03-38-37|url-status=dead|access-date=28 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028185816/http://www.mizzimaburmese.com/2013-10-20-16-16-07/2013-11-01-01-48-27/item/31153-2014-10-28-03-38-37|archive-date=28 October 2014}}</ref>