However, Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said in a tweet: "Read Agreement between India & France concerning Protection of Classified Information & Material in field of Defence dated Jan 25, 2008. Beats me how Procurement Price of Rafale could be brought under it's ambit? In a statement on Wednesday, the defence ministry said: "The approximate acquisition cost of the Rafale aircraft has already been provided to Parliament. "Such details would also come under the ambit of the security agreement signed in 2008. The final inter-governmental agreement was signed in September 2016 by then defence minister Manohar Parrikar.

Source: The Telegraph February 07, 2018 21:11 UTC