New Delhi: The Defence Ministry on Friday accorded approval for procurement of weapons and military platforms amounting to around Rs 2,000 crore.
The Defence Acquisition Council, the ministry’s highest decision-making body on procurement, cleared the proposals.
“The DAC, chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh accorded approval for capital procurement for the services amounting to approximately Rs 2,000 crore,” a defence ministry spokesperson said.
The DAC accorded approval for indigenous development and production of ammunition for T72 and T90 tanks by the Indian industry.
“The DAC also approved procurement of DRDO-developed and industry manufactured mechanical mine layer (self propelled) to improve automated mine laying capability with the Indian Army,” the official said.
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One can be skeptical and questioning about the announced use of the 2000cr. This budget is said to be for indigenous development and production of ammunition for T72 and T90 tanks by the Indian industry. The T 72 was designed in the mid-1960s. Its effectiveness is mixed. The Indian army has about 2200, T72. The question arises whether it is relevant to continue to focus on this tank. The country’s armament policy must meet its immediate and future security needs. On this side one can be questioning if one examines the park of the tanks of the Indian army. It seems incoherent to invest in outdated models and to show interest in the new Russian T-14 Armata tank. We must introduce rationality at the level of all the components of the army.
Poor socialist Modi can’t afford 2000 rafale jets.