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    Rafale deal: Govt submits document on decision process to petitioners, claims deal was negotiated for a year

    By: Express Web Desk | Delhi | Updated: November 12, 2018 2:27:22 pm

    Rafale deal, Rafale deal Supreme Court, SC rafale deal India signed an agreement with France for the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft in a fly-away condition as part of the upgrading process of the Indian Air equipment. (File )

    The Indian side negotiated with their French counterparts for a year before signing the Rafale agreement, a document by the government submitted to petitioners challenging the procurement deal of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft claimed.

    The document titled “Details of the steps in the decision making process leading to the award of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft order” stated that the process as laid down in the Defence Procurement Procedure-2013 has been followed in procurement of the Rafale aircraft.

    The government on Monday submitted the document to petitioners as per a Supreme Court direction on details of the decision taken to procure the fighter aircraft. The process, as laid down in the Defence Procurement Procedure-2013, was followed in the procurement of Rafale aircraft, the document read, according to .

    The document claims that approval of Defence Acquisition Council and the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) was also taken before signing the agreement.

    The Supreme Court had,…

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