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Blog / 15 Feb 2019

(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Rafale: Where is the Scam?

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(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Rafale: Where is the Scam?

Topic: Rafale: Where is the Scam?

Guest:

  • Air Marshal SBP Sinha (Retd., Former Commanding-in-Chief, Central Air Command)
  • Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, (Senior Fellow, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
  • Maj. Gen. Ravi Arora (Retd., Chief Editor, Indian Military Review)

Topic Description:

The CAG report on the Rafale deal was tabled in the parliament on the the last day of the Budget Session .The report says that the Inter Govermental contract for the fighter aircrafts done by Modi Govt in 2016 was 2.86 percent cheaper than the one being discussed during the UPA regime .

According to the report the delivery of the aircraft would be faster by a month in the current agreement in comparison to the timelines in the old contract .

The CAG report also says that in the previous offer of 2007 , Dassault Aviation had provided performance and financial guarantees which was about 25 percent of the total value of the contract . The vendor had then embedded the coat in its bid price . But the 2016 contract does not have such guarantee or warrantee . This led to savings for Dassault Aviation which was not passed on to India.

Another report on the offset deals including the offset agreements in the Rafale deal is being prepared separately by the CAG .

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Courtesy: RSTV