New Delhi: Industry body Ficci has asked the Defence Ministry not to re-examine the Request for Proposals issued to global aviation majors for replacement of ageing transport aircraft fleet of the Indian Air Force.
In a letter to Defence Minister A K Antony, the industry chamber said that any such re-examination and subsequent roll-back of RFP will be a setback to open and transparent process and put private sector at a disadvantageous position.
The roll-back of RFP will bar Indian private sector to participate in the project with global players, it said.
The proposal envisaging buying 16 transport aircraft in flyaway condition to meet the immediate operational requirements of the IAF and setting up a production facility for the remaining fleet of 40 aircraft in the country.
01/12/13 PTI/Economic Times
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In a letter to Defence Minister A K Antony, the industry chamber said that any such re-examination and subsequent roll-back of RFP will be a setback to open and transparent process and put private sector at a disadvantageous position.
The roll-back of RFP will bar Indian private sector to participate in the project with global players, it said.
The proposal envisaging buying 16 transport aircraft in flyaway condition to meet the immediate operational requirements of the IAF and setting up a production facility for the remaining fleet of 40 aircraft in the country.
01/12/13 PTI/Economic Times
