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bala wrote: ↑28 Nov 2025 23:10
This French Safran deal is about kicking the can down the road. The problem of engine is immediate. Kaveri and its derivatives are absolutely needed by India. Even a slightly underpowered engine is much better than importing engines (which is subject to sanctions). Using incremental improvements it can be scaled up further. Our blighted babus need to sanction in house test bed and aircraft for testing engines. This is minimum requirement if India needs to be independent of Videshi maal. Defence mantriji Rajnath and defence secretary are not in synch with this objective. They are still "hoping" instead of delivering value. Lots of backend deals are what Babus want to make their lives easier and unaccountable. The financial implications are even worse for India.
Far from seeing them as the problem, Modi sees the Civil Services as a solution. He often trusts them more than his ministers. He thinks they will watch his work-ethic and mend their ways