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| French Scorpene submarine (File Photo) |
By VIVEK RAGHUVANSHI
NEW DELHI — Questions raised by the Indian Finance Ministry have delayed the Navy’s quest to procure six additional submarines equipped with air independent propulsion for more than $12 billion.
While the MoD proposal has not been shelved, routine queries have been raised by the Finance Ministry, said MoD sources.
The MoD cleared the procurement more than two years ago but the formal request for proposal has to be floated. Under the initial proposal, cleared by the Defense Acquisition Council in 2010, three of the six submarines are to be constructed at Mazagon Docks in Mumbai while another will be built at Hindustan Shipyard in Visakhapatnam.
The other two were to be either imported from the foreign collaborator or built by a domestic private shipyard.
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