In a fresh bid to break the Bofors jinx, defence minister Manohar - TopicsExpress



          

In a fresh bid to break the Bofors jinx, defence minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday cleared proposal to acquire 814 artillery guns for Rs 15,750 crore while deferring the decision on joint bid by Tata Sons and Airbus to replace IAFs Avro transport fleet and also procurement of 106 Swiss Pilatus basic trainer aircraft. The artillery guns would be procured as per the Buy and Make procedure introduced last year under which 100 such guns would be bought off the shelf while 714 would be made in India. The Indian Army has not acquired artillery guns in the almost three decades after the Bofors scam surfaced in 1986.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:44:44 +0000

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