Nirmala Sitharaman had said recently that the UPA-era deal for 126 Rafales had fallen through because HAL did not have the capability to make the jets.
The draft Seeds Bill gets the big ideas right: universal registration, traceability, real penalties. To work for Punjab, it must get federal plumbing and farmer-facing details sorted.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
There have been slippages of a few years in some of HAL’s important projects, true. The constructive way forward is for MoD and the IAF to sit with its top management, analyse why and where it is falling short, add to its capabilities. It is financially sound, has a track record newcomers will take decades to match.
There have been slippages of a few years in some of HAL’s important projects, true. The constructive way forward is for MoD and the IAF to sit with its top management, analyse why and where it is falling short, add to its capabilities. It is financially sound, has a track record newcomers will take decades to match.