India avoid such humongous expenditures for such long time for submarines, fighter jets and howitzers but have not lost any war due to that or comes to grief. The expensive toys may not be actually needed except to feed our national vanity. The monstrous delays may actually be prudential judgement. Three cheers for Indian business acumen!
Re: Weapon Purchase
by rakesh mehrotra on Aug 25, 2018 09:45 AM
From your name you look like a Muslim. I am sure you are not happy with these fighters. Go to Pakistan
The Rafale deals is one of the best the present has negotiated for the Air Force. The aircraft is a unique one and only France makes this one. Naturally, prices will rise if we compare it with that of 2012 or 2014. During UPA-I tenure, in 2006 to purchase 6 submarines from France the proposal was dropped saying the price is too high Rs.30000 crores. But the Govt was forced to finalise the same deal in 2008, but the price has by that time escalated to Rs.45000 crores. But BJP then in opposition didn't raise any corruption accusation because it would further delay the acquisition by another decade for the Indian Navy severely short of combat submarines, while China is fastly adding to its numbers and also selling some to Pakistan. In so far as giving its manufacturing to HAL is concerned, the Govt might have thought that a Govt PSU will be slow in delivering the planes unlike a Pvt player in the defence sector. But all the hue and cry in this matter is due to the job being given to a particular Pvt company even though other Pvt companies are participating in defence manufacturing such as supply of parts components etc..So at the end of the day it seems an unwanted controversy.
Re: Defebce deaks
by Ram Niwas on Sep 24, 2018 06:24 PM
YesRahul as well should reflect more maturity in his allegations and speeches. Being party President of a national party he must behabe like a gentleman . Such allegations even if true are not promoting his image as BJPs media is more strong in counter measures. Rahul should instead concentrate more on 2019 elections on basis of national development as done by congress in 70 years. He must choose good candidates and should devote more timeon the same so that a better and more mature Govt comes to power.
What made Antony and Sonia sit for 10 years without make an decision on purchase when IAF is critically low on fighters.How much Pakistan and China pay them ?
Question of pay-offs come later. The first things is the process involving spending of astronomical sums of public money that too in Defense sector by public servants that is going to another country and an Indian pvt. co through an opaque deal. On the one hand Modi govt. claims it is “govt. to govt”. deal with no middle man involved implying there is no scope for corruption unlike Bofors involving middle men. On the other hand the govt. claims it has no role in world's No.1 Aviation co. Dassault chosing Anil Ambani's co. on their own and govt. is not involved. So for Modi govt. credibility of off-set partner is no issue,right ?Can it just ignore if Dassault chooses a 3rd rate co. of the country with dubious performance record all along even owing Rs 35KCr NPA with banks and having no experience in related field when other very competent cos in both public and private --HAL,BEL,BEML,L&T,Tatas…. are available? Question is has the govt. endorsed the partnership or not ? Further, this Indian partner is reported to have been just incorporated weeks before and is yet to put up the manufacturing facilities even! Then why and on basis Dassault is zeroing only on a specific pvt. co. with questionable credentials as mentioned above? How and why only this co.? RM or the Modi govt. must answer these questions of criteria adopted besides coming clean on price part which is not part of secret clause.
Question of pay-offs come later. The first things is the process involving spending of astronomical sums of public money that too in Defense sector by public servants that is going to another country and an Indian pvt. co through an opaque deal. On the one hand Modi govt. claims it is “govt. to govt”. deal with no middle man involved implying there is no scope for corruption unlike Bofors involving middle men. On the other hand the govt. claims it has no role in world's No.1 Aviation co. Dassault chosing Anil Ambani's co. on their own and govt. is not involved. So for Modi govt. credibility of off-set partner is no issue,right ?Can it just ignore if Dassault chooses a 3rd rate co. of the country with dubious performance record all along even owing Rs 35KCr NPA with banks and having no experience in related field when other very competent cos in both public and private --HAL,BEL,BEML,L&T,Tatas…. are available? Question is has the govt. endorsed the partnership or not ? Further, this Indian partner is reported to have been just incorporated weeks before and is yet to put up the manufacturing facilities even! Then why and on basis Dassault is zeroing only on a specific pvt. co. with questionable credentials as mentioned above? How and why only this co.? RM or the Modi govt. must answer these questions of criteria adopted besides coming clean on price part which is not part of secret clause.
What prevented Manmohan,Antony and Sonia to take an decision on purchase of aircraft for 10 years? When CAG reported the quantity of weapons as critically low what was this people doing?Were this group working for the enemy?
The scandal in Rafale is in the minds of anti-modi and anti-India media and journalists... Not in the deal when the author himself says "there is no evidence available of bribes in the case of Rafale"
Re: In the minds of anti-Modi media and journaists...Yes
by B B Sharma on Aug 07, 2018 03:18 PM
Any one who question the scams of Govt is automatically Anti - national ??
"Why doesn't Parliament hold the government to account on this issue? " Seems Mr. T. N. Ninan is grown up only after 2014. He may not have heard a AK Antony who paralysed Indian Defence by not taking decisions in many areas to avoid corruption/middle man pay outs. Otherwise Mr. Ninan would not have asked the last question of his article. He has tried hard hard to establish corruption in the Rafale deal and says there is scandal without any substance, except a statement by Rahul Gandhi and Congress. Mr. Ninan, support Modi, who is trying to make changes in the system for good of our Nation. ]
