In its report, the CAG said the new deal negotiated by the NDA government to procure 36 fighter jets was 2.86 per cent cheaper than the price offered to the UPA government in 2007 by Dassault Aviation.
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Ram’s report also says the officials had also expressed concern, in their note, about government’s decision to settle for “letter of comfort” instead of sovereign guarantee from the French government.
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It was known that Prime Minister Modi would make an official visit to France from April 9–11, 2015, when Ambani visited the French defence minister’s office. Reliance Defence was also incorporated in the same week as this meeting, on March 28, 2015.
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N Ram, in his latest revelation about Rafale deal, has reported that the Modi-government had intentionally waived provisions for anti-corruption penalties before signing the inter-governmental agreement of the €7.87 billion Rafale deal.
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The Congress has asked comptroller and auditor general Rajiv Mehrishi to recuse himself from auditing the Rafale warplane deal with France because of “conflict of interest” as he was part of the negotiations as the-then finance secretary.
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In a fresh exposé by the Hindu newspaper on the Rafale deal, veteran journalist N Ram has revealed that parallel negotiations with the French team were conducted by the PMO at the crucial time of the negotiations.
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Veteran journalist N Ram, in his report published in the Hindu newspaper, has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hasty decision to purchase 36 Rafale fighter jets from France instead of 126 demanded by the IAF increased the price of each aircraft by 41.42%.
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The Congress, on Wednesday, while attacking the Narendra Modi government, has claimed, while producing an audio tape, that the Goa chief minister, Manohar Parrikar, is “hiding all files related to the controversial Rafale deal in his bedroom”.
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The Supreme Court, on Friday, has dismissed all the petitions demanding investigation into Rafale jet deal saying it found no irregularities or wrongdoing in the government’s decision-making process for the purchase of the warplanes from France’s Dassault Aviation.
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The government has submitted a document to petitioners detailing the decision process and pricing details of Rafale agreement, which claims that the deal was negotiated for a year between the Indian and French governments.
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