tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post4073989080907738083..comments2024-03-23T09:25:42.029-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: New defence “Make” procedure heads for clearanceBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-20190239899145117162013-12-12T05:52:28.268-08:002013-12-12T05:52:28.268-08:00It is high time for Defence Minister A K Anthony t...It is high time for Defence Minister A K Anthony to exit his job. During his tenure, huge amount of defence stores and hardware was imported and controversy and delays were endless. He is driven by officials and bureaucrats who can find nothing better but delays after delays on factitious complaints.<br /><br />Take e.g. M 777 from US. It has been approved for three years but the officials and politicians are conniving to delay upon delay. The only reason for delay is that it is Government to Government deal and hence they could not wet their hands with bribes and favours, hence causing delays. In the mean prices have doubled. <br /><br />The above shows nothing but incompetence and listening to everybody no matter how trivial. <br /><br />The case VVIP helicopters. It will be mired in delays for years to come. The suppliers is unlikely to return the money or take the helicopters delivered back. The best course would have been to let the deal go thru in exchange for clear and concise details of who got paid how much. The recipient should be in the jail including the Air Marshal. (In China they would be executed). No first class jail for them.<br /><br />How come the Defence Minister allowed the 155 mm artillery ammunition stock get so low. It was Gen V.K Singh who angrily demanded quick action; then the things moved. It still took one year to place the order.<br /><br />The Gen V.K. Singh age row in public was an unbecoming of a Defence Minister. He was listening too much to previous Gen JJ Singh and Gen Deepak Kapur to promote their own boy to Commander-in-Chief. They wanted V K. Singh out. Could the Defence Minister not see writing on the wall that the two ex C-in-C are acting to farther the case of their own favoured General. I would say V K Singh was no saint, but Defence Minister, Prime Minister, the two ex C-in-Cs had cornered him. Instead of gracefully retiring he came out fighting.<br /><br />There are numerous other examples of complete incompetence by the Defence Minister. Granted that he took no money from anybody but he was unable to stop the foreign vendors from bribing the officials and generals.<br /><br />He should be out today instead of six months.Hari Sud (M.S., B. Sc., P Eng.)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14265763692224763117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-59652919671018563782013-12-11T21:45:37.224-08:002013-12-11T21:45:37.224-08:00mid way spec correction... falsify initial spec......mid way spec correction... falsify initial spec... derail indigenous effort... open way... foreign kickbacks...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com