Centre clears Rs 48,000 crore deal to buy 83 Tejas fighter jets for IAF - The deal would be a major boost for the IAF and help it to arrest the fall in the number of its fighter aircraft squadrons.
CCS clears Rs 48,000 crore deal to buy 83 Tejas fighters for IAF ANI | Updated: Jan 13, 2021 17:56 IST
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): In a major boost for Make in India in defence, the Cabinet Committee on Security chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the largest indigenous defence procurement deal worth about Rs 48,000 crores to buy 83 LCA Tejas Mark1A fighter jets.
The deal to be signed in the next few days with HAL would strengthen the Indian Air Force s fleet of homegrown fighter jet LCA-Tejas and overall combat capability. The CCS chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi today approved the largest indigenous defence procurement deal worth about Rs 48000 crores to strengthen IAF s fleet of homegrown fighter jet LCA-Tejas . This deal will be a game-changer for self-reliance in the Indian defence manufacturing, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted to announce the final approval given to the mega d
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The approval is in addition to an earlier deal to purchase 40 of the combat aircraft
The indigenously-made jets are set to join the Indian Air Force fleet over the course of the next six to seven years
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Wednesday (January 13) procurement of 83 Tejas aircraft at a cost of about Rs 48,000 crore from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The deal is considered to be the biggest ever in the indigenous military aviation sector.
In a series of tweets, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh confirming the development said, The CCS chaired by PM Sh @narendramodi today approved the largest indigenous defence procurement deal worth about 48000 Crores to strengthen IAF’s fleet of homegrown fighter jet ‘LCA-Tejas’. This deal will be a game changer for self reliance in the Indian defence manufacturing.
Deal will be a game changer for self-reliance in Indian defence manufacturing: Rajnath
In the biggest indigenous defence deal, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Wednesday approved the manufacture of 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) at a cost of around ₹47,000 crore.
“The Cabinet met under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister in New Delhi on January 13 and has approved procurement of 73 LCA Tejas Mk-1A fighter aircraft and 10 LCA Tejas Mk-1 trainer aircraft at the cost of ₹45,696 crore along with design and development of infrastructure sanctions worth ₹1,202 Crore,” the Defence Ministry said in a statement.
Updated Jan 13, 2021 | 18:01 IST
The Cabinet Committee on Security chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday cleared the purchase of Light Combat Aircraft Tejas from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). Tejas aircraft (@IAF MCC) | Photo Credit: Twitter
New Delhi: In a big boost to the Indian Air Force (IAF) and PM Narendra Modi s Make in India initiative, the Cabinet Committee on Security on Wednesday cleared the purchase of 83 Light Combat Aircraft Tejas from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The Rs 48,000 crore deal will be the biggest ever in the indigenous military aviation sector.
The government will procure 73 LCA Tejas Mk-1A fighter aircraft and 10 LCA Tejas Mk-1 Trainer aircraft. It is the first “Buy (Indian-Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured)” category procurement of combat aircraft with an indigenous content of 50 per cent which will progressively reach 60 per cent by the end of the pro