SO THERE ISN’T ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT IN THE REPORT?

Actually, there is. It shows how prolonged, inefficient, antiquated and unscientific India’s defence procurement process is. In both the old deal under the UPA and the new one under NDA, it points out, the so-called benchmark price was fixed unrealistically, lower by 47% and 57% from what would be the lowest bid eventually. The Air Staff Qualitative Requirements were defined too narrowly. And the India Specific Enhancements cited in both deals aren’t really India specific and the IAF didn’t actually want some of them.