Again a scam has knocked the door of Indian Inc. which is going to again help the darkness of scams and corruption gloom of the country. The fog of scams has again commenced settling down from all the corners. This time this scam is pertinent to the dealing of VVIP helicopters.
The government on wednesday put to a halt its VVIP choppers dealing with Agusta Westland, the UK based firm that has been accused of paying bribes in the ₹3546 crores in VVIP helicopters deal.
In the year 2000 IAF (India Air Force) mooted the proposal of buying VVIP helicopters. In tender IAF proclaims that the choppers should have provisions to fly upto an altitude of 18,000ft, so that Defence Minister could himself go to Siachin, when needed. In the year 2003 the then National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra recommends altering the ceiling requirement from 18,000ft to 15,000ft to avoid a single-vendor situation and also seeks to involve the Special Protection Group (SPG) in the helicopter selection process. Now in 2006 during the tenure of Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi, tender with new revised judgements were put and AgustaWestland was declared lowest bidder and also cleared in technical evaluation by SPG, which wanted helicopter with higher roof and wider body. Three-engine AW101 is considered safe option for VVIPs. In the period of years 2008-09 price negotiations began and in 2010 during the tenure of Air Chief marshal the contact was awarded.
The "allegation" given is that the UK based firm Agusta Westland allocated kickbacks to various indian officials ( in which former IAF Chief Marshal SP Tyagi was also embroiled) to get the projects cleared and accusations have also been made that the requirements were also altered so as to meet the standard of the helicopters of Agusta Westland.
In India now scams have become a common thing which come continuously to vex denizens of the country.
The government on wednesday put to a halt its VVIP choppers dealing with Agusta Westland, the UK based firm that has been accused of paying bribes in the ₹3546 crores in VVIP helicopters deal.
In the year 2000 IAF (India Air Force) mooted the proposal of buying VVIP helicopters. In tender IAF proclaims that the choppers should have provisions to fly upto an altitude of 18,000ft, so that Defence Minister could himself go to Siachin, when needed. In the year 2003 the then National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra recommends altering the ceiling requirement from 18,000ft to 15,000ft to avoid a single-vendor situation and also seeks to involve the Special Protection Group (SPG) in the helicopter selection process. Now in 2006 during the tenure of Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi, tender with new revised judgements were put and AgustaWestland was declared lowest bidder and also cleared in technical evaluation by SPG, which wanted helicopter with higher roof and wider body. Three-engine AW101 is considered safe option for VVIPs. In the period of years 2008-09 price negotiations began and in 2010 during the tenure of Air Chief marshal the contact was awarded.
The "allegation" given is that the UK based firm Agusta Westland allocated kickbacks to various indian officials ( in which former IAF Chief Marshal SP Tyagi was also embroiled) to get the projects cleared and accusations have also been made that the requirements were also altered so as to meet the standard of the helicopters of Agusta Westland.
In India now scams have become a common thing which come continuously to vex denizens of the country.
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