Wednesday 21 September 2016

PM Modi-led committee all set to approve 36 Rafale fighter deal today


Cabinet Committee on Security will approve 36 Rafale fighter deal on Wednesday. 
Manjeet Singh Negi  | Posted by Bijin Jose
New Delhi, September 20, 2016 | UPDATED 00:05 IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-headed Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) is all set to approve 36 Rafale fighter deal on Wednesday.
In the negotiations, the Defence Ministry has been able to get a concession of Rs 4,200 crore through hard bargaining as per the instructions of the Prime Minister and Defence MinisterManohar Parrikar.
French Defence Minister Yves Le Drian is arriving on September 23 to finalise the deal which will cost Euros 7.8 billion to India.
The defence ministry has sent the finalised deal to the CCS after making requisite changes to its offset section.
The deal involves the manufacturer outsourcing 50 per cent of the total amount of the deal from India.
The cost of 36 fighters will be around Rs 4,200 crore lower than that what was being offered to the previous UPA regime in the now cancelled contract for multi-role medium range combat aircraft (MMRCA).

Original post: indiatoday

Exch @ 42,000,000,000 INR is equal to 630,000,000 USD @ 66.67 Indian rupees to 1 US dollar.

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