Dassault could not progress in the negotiations with HAL because if the aircraft were to be produced in India, a guarantee for the product to be produced was to be given. It is a big ticket item, and the IAF would want the guarantee for the jets. HAL was in no position to give the guarantee.
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It's one thing to get the money apportioned in the budget; the other is to utilise it completely.
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Delhi was not completely a new place for me, but as a political worker, it was a new place.
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Every year, I have given Rs 20,000 crore worth of projects to HAL. But the previous UPA government gave just Rs 10,000 crore projects.
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With South East Asian nations, ASEAN countries, with some of them, we do have defence cooperation, and we continue with them.
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Shouldn't India, too, like other countries, protect its national interests?
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The strategy of any party would be to see how best it can defeat the party in power.
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Having witnessed first-hand the prowess of the Western Fleet, I am confident that the Indian Navy is fully capable of defending the nation against any form of threat.
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You can't hold the armed forces responsible for being firm with terrorists. We need to be firm with terrorists.