NEW DELHI: The Centre hit back at the Congress's allegations on the Rafale deal with the Defence Ministry today stating that the demand to disclose the details and value of the contract is "unrealistic". The approximate acquisition cost of the Rafale aircraft has already been provided to the Parliament. The provision of exact item-wise cost and other information will reveal, inter alia, details regarding the various customisations and weapon systems, specially designed to augment the effectiveness and lethality of the assets, impact our military preparedness and compromise our national security. "Furthermore, the ministry said that no Indian offset partner for the 2016 deal has been selected by the development agency- Dassault Aviation. "In October, 2017, Dassault and Reliance Defence laid the foundation stone of the Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited (DRAL) manufacturing facility at Mihan for implementing the offset obligation.

Source: Economic Times February 07, 2018 18:33 UTC