My only concern was why an Indian Ship building center was not preferred. If we can make Destroyers, we can definitely make these too, maybe we could have sought for manufacturing 50% at least here?
There is no parallel between being able to make a Carrier or Destroyer with being able to make these Patrol Boats. To explain further; in this contract, some Indian Yards may have bid as well. But they may not have had viable designs or JVs. Or their Commercial Bids may not have made the cut.
OR they may not have even bid at all....... since I do not know the specifics.
Blindly seeking to "make in India" is stupid, because it may not always be economically viable, technically viable or it may just end up rewarding some "cronies" which sometimes happens. Let me tell you; that is a hidden danger in some of the contracts. A past version of it was in the BOT, BOOT contracts that was used in the effort to make Highways and other Infra.
Govt. will not like to talk too much about that...........
I would not make the mistake of over-insistence on MII everywhere, as you may now understand. Competitive open bidding is the best route to go. Let not the patronage of the Licence-Permit Raj come back through the back-door. This is an area that I have some knowledge of.
