tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post6222986806426058817..comments2024-03-29T05:44:18.835-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: Foreign arms vendors contest MoD’s unexplained blacklistsBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-17485845661684435722012-03-27T15:16:18.131-07:002012-03-27T15:16:18.131-07:00I understand that paying and receiving a bribe is ...I understand that paying and receiving a bribe is a crime. But blacklisting a vendor only addresses one side of the crime. If we can stop a vendor from selling us things because our own system is corrupt, then pretty soon we will run out of vendors as this does not address the issue of corrupt system. Fix our system and vendors issues will automatically be reduced. Just my two cents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-56734951826691167252012-03-27T11:52:14.414-07:002012-03-27T11:52:14.414-07:00ST Kinetics - singapore based firm? So we are buyi...ST Kinetics - singapore based firm? So we are buying arms from the Chinese to defend against the Chinese?<br /><br />We might as well buy directly any arms from China then...why have a middleman who will have a margin based on selling a product regardless of where the vendor is from. <br /><br /><br />Perhaps MOD should also define criteria including how Indians are treated in their home country...i.e Singapore.rohannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-26049190720180194692012-03-27T11:17:07.092-07:002012-03-27T11:17:07.092-07:00Anon @ 27 March 2012 00:58...
atleast... the nati...Anon @ 27 March 2012 00:58... <br />atleast... the nation won't be sold... lock, stock and barrel... if it were... under people... from... any of the people like... Raja, Chiddu, Maran, Kanni, Kala Chashmish...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-37900222915273131232012-03-27T01:24:44.935-07:002012-03-27T01:24:44.935-07:00Nobody mentions that there are other major compani...Nobody mentions that there are other major companies invastgated for miss-conduct but while being under invastigation, which has not been concluded yet in some of the cases, they are not blacklisted and are not limited in their activities in India. one should wonder why? Are MoD's consideration clean and pure?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-71432224132677601902012-03-27T00:31:55.854-07:002012-03-27T00:31:55.854-07:00What is so scary about middlemen?
Are we so incomp...What is so scary about middlemen?<br />Are we so incompetent as a bureaucracy that we are unable to devise a system that is efficient,effective and transparent.<br />The real scandal is not merely kickbacks,but that of our foolish policies and blind propping up of DPSUs.<br /><br />Can there anything more atrocious than the fact that these DPSUs,touting a govt label merely act like commission agents themselves.<br />What can be more scandalous then he fact that a BEML asks the Army to pay three times the price of a TATRA truck than that of the original manufacture itself.And this when all it does is assemble an imported kit.<br />Its gets worse when we we have domestic guys like TATA who also manufacture trucks with equivalent capability.<br />What is the use of an OFB vehicle factory that actually gets kits from a DOMESTIC manufacturer and merely labels it for supply to the forces. Obviously we pay double overheads ,including that of a bloated inefficient OFB.<br />The same story is that of many other PSUs.<br />Who says we are poor?<br />We guys must be the only country that spends more than the amount we think are lost on alleged corrupt practices.<br />After all we have made sure that for 60 crores kickbacks in the Bofors scam,our artillery program will have to spend at least 60,000 crores in today's prices to modernize the artillery(if it even happens).<br />I am worried that tomorrow some one may complaint on the INSAS and our MOD will blacklist it and suggest the army to fight with Lathis(at least till the time another chaudhary allges bribes in lathi supply too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-86336769976229237522012-03-26T12:28:46.937-07:002012-03-26T12:28:46.937-07:00Antony is probably one of the biggest dunces hande...Antony is probably one of the biggest dunces handed the Indian defence ministry ever. Under his watch, only his reputation has mattered, what happens to India is not of his concern. Whether it be the conspiracy against the IA chief, the disaster that is IA procurement continuing, no artillery but purchases of flawed T-90s continue or whether it be the one rank one pension issue..so many mistakes and no solutions from shri antony. What a worthless Govt we have headed by an equally incompetent individual MMS and corruption flourishes everywhere. The countrys economy is doing badly and all this Govt is engaged in is to somehow come to power again to loot the indian people moreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-21541172801395265922012-03-25T22:00:19.095-07:002012-03-25T22:00:19.095-07:00That is absolutely wrong. In the Army promotions a...That is absolutely wrong. In the Army promotions are not decided on DoB. In our time we had different boards for different ranks – Lt. Colonel to Colonel, Colonel to Brigadier, Brigadier to Major-General and so on. Your promotions are decided after you have been selected by the board and this is purely on merit. And then your seniority counts which is already fixed at the time you pass out of the Indian Military Academy. DoB comes in only when you are due to become a core commander and here what is important is that you have a residual service of three years. When you become an Army commander, you need to have a residual service of two years. So where was my advantage? By agreeing to 1950, I was actually putting myself at a disadvantage.<br /><br />In your face Colonel..can't believe that you presented facts in such a dramatic manner that it made general look idiot...selfish u r..can't call u colonel from no on..u shamed armed forces...ultimately journalist ne sipahi ko hara hi diya..duniyadari jeet hi gayi....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com