Absolutely correct.nachiket wrote: ↑17 Oct 2024 22:02I'm sorry but we cannot blame the opposition for this situation. The present government has been in power for over 10 years now and for most of that time with a healthy majority with the opposition being in shambles at the center. Aside from when Shri Parrikar was at the helm of the MoD we have seen some horrendous decision making, delays and betrayal of their own push for Atmanirbharta when it comes to defence procurement. You can blame the services for this for sure, but the buck ultimately stops with the Defence Minister and his boss the PM who have been given the authority to fix this mess by the people which they have failed to do so far.Manish_P wrote: ↑17 Oct 2024 21:34 Reality b) - we seem to always be just one election away from disaster. The fact is the current opposition might well stop any little efforts being taken now simply out of petty spite or deep malice or to divert money to their coffers or to curry favor from the enemies for self gain or any or all combination of such reasons.
Multiple RFPs are now out which are basically a clone of what is available with DRDO and pvt partners but cleverly include Make (India) as versus IDDM. If this is not a betrayal of atmanirbharta by the forces procurement teams what is.
Plus this when, the DM is the one stopping the mess that has been pushed downwards to allow for all this and constantly prioritise social spending, willy nilly privatisation (and gut DRDO, state R&D in the process).
If not for the DMs pragmatism we'd be in far deeper trouble. Which says a lot for the over centralised, opaque system that exists now, depending on a handful of good folks. And we have people here who want more "perception management" as versus objectively speaking the truth.
