Racism by whom? AFAIK most of India's PM were from this UP/Bihar belt. Top ministerial positions including that of railways, home, defence were/are held by north Indians. South Indians hardly had any major representation in the Union cabinet. So, what went wrong for Bihar?
Ministry of Defence, India has floated ‘Request for Information’ for 110 aircrafts under Medium Mult
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Racism by whom? AFAIK most of India's PM were from this UP/Bihar belt. Top ministerial positions including that of railways, home, defence were/are held by north Indians. South Indians hardly had any major representation in the Union cabinet. So, what went wrong for Bihar?
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Process to buy 110 fighters is rerun of UPA-era tender, with few tweaks
https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2018/04/07/110-fighter-iaf-mmrca-upa-modi-126.html
But experts believe that the new process looks to be more or less similar to the original medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) programme for 126 jets, launched by the Congress-led UPA government in 2007. Almost a decade later in 2016, the NDA government scrapped the MMRCA programme, citing deadlock in commercial negotiations between Dassault, the manufacturer of the French Rafale jet, and the ministry of defence. Eventually, the Modi government made a government-to-government deal to buy 36 Rafale fighters off-the-shelf to meet the critical operational requirement of the IAF. These 36 Rafale jets are scheduled to be delivered between 2019-2022.
https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2018/04/07/110-fighter-iaf-mmrca-upa-modi-126.html
But experts believe that the new process looks to be more or less similar to the original medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) programme for 126 jets, launched by the Congress-led UPA government in 2007. Almost a decade later in 2016, the NDA government scrapped the MMRCA programme, citing deadlock in commercial negotiations between Dassault, the manufacturer of the French Rafale jet, and the ministry of defence. Eventually, the Modi government made a government-to-government deal to buy 36 Rafale fighters off-the-shelf to meet the critical operational requirement of the IAF. These 36 Rafale jets are scheduled to be delivered between 2019-2022.
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