See also:
India’s 197 Copter Deal Suspended, Indefinitely
R.I.P. India’s 197 Copter Deal: Magazine Report
197 Copter Deal Needs To Be Examined: IAF Chief
He also said:
“Following reports of the arrest of the Chief Executive of Finmeccanica in connection with the investigations in Italy regarding alleged wrong doing and unethical conduct by M/s Finmeccanica, parent company of M/s Agusta Westland, U.K., the CBI was asked on February 12, 2013 to conduct an enquiry into the matter. The CBI has registered a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) on February 25, 2013 in this matter. While the Ministry of Defence (MoD) had received a letter dated 14th December, 2012 from Shri Prakash Javadekar, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) on the subject matter, media reports relating to alleged payment of kickbacks/bribes by M/s Finmeccanica started surfacing since February 2012. Ever since then, MoD has pursued the matter with the Embassy in Rome to get credible information regarding the status of investigation and authenticity of the documents/records being cited in various media reports. Given the independence of the Italian Judiciary from the executive and the preliminary investigations being covered by ‘Secrecy’ clause under the Italian law, no concrete information was received. The matter was also taken up, through the MEA with the U.K. Government in view of the alleged involvement of a British consultant and the fact that the contract had been signed with M/s Agusta Westland, U.K. The UK side informed MEA that they have not launched any investigation and are awaiting the results of the Italian investigation in order to ascertain whether any further action needs to be taken. MoD had, thus, taken prompt action to seek factual information from the concerned Authorities.”
India has NO… say over her own… money…
Why all this tamasha? Wastes a lot of time. Its common knowledge that the deal has already been "fixed" in favor of Eurocopter Fennec. They are just using the Russian bid as a sham to avoid single vendor situation. Our defence forced are smitten by shiny western toys (and their assorted kickbacks). All good until the next war and western arms embargo!
The economy is going down, so what will happen to this.
The economy is going down, so what will happen to this.
The economy is going down, so what will happen to this.
dont talk nonsense ….whatever relaceent comes …is a neccesity….you should be sent to siachen posts nd hen you'll realise the true need of the imdt requirement of replacing the ageing cheetah chetak fleet…i also wish someone was flying from your family too…then only ou'll be concerned……
The government has bungled all its way. History repeats itself. There is no concern for indias security but only how to save the scum party. Their indecision in every sphere is costing the country.
ok, ignoring the evidence-lite motivations to cancel the EH-101 deal… what is with this talk of blacklisting AgustaWestland? wasn't it JUST ANNOUNCED that vendors will no longer be blacklisted? what changed there?
To end all these nonsence, we have to boost up our indigenous cabability . But there is urgent need, so we can acquire our ALH Mk-3 chopper…..
These Choppers are not for defence. They are for scum bag VIPS