She accused the UPA regime of not attending to the IAF’s key requirement for a decade and credited the NDA government for making the emergency purchase in a “fast and transparent” manner to plug capability gaps. That was the grim situation when the NDA came to power,” the minister said at a South Block media briefing. The Congress on Tuesday alleged that each fighter would cost Rs 1,570 crore under the deal struck by the NDA government compared to Rs 526 crore under the older deal. The minister said the per unit cost of a jet was “absolutely” and “undoubtedly” lesser than what the UPA regime was negotiating. She asked defence secretary Sanjay Mitra to share with media the comparative cost of a Rafale jet as negotiated by the NDA government versus the UPA regime.

Source: Hindustan Times November 17, 2017 10:17 UTC