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What Make in India? MoD penalises Tata Power for using indigenous parts

Rs 275 cr payment to Tata Power (SED) blocked for putting Indian part

Representational image. After an Australian supplier presented deliver problems, Tata Power (SED), in consultation with the IAF, used a component built in India by CSIR's National Aerospace Laboratory
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A French Air Force Rafale fighter jet takes part in the close air support (CAS) exercise Serpentex 2016 hosted by France in the Mediterranean island of Corsica, at Solenzara air base

Ajai Shukla
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and ministry of defence (MoD) claim indigenisation – or replacing foreign-procured equipment with kit built in India – is a key priority. Yet, an Indian company that indigenised components faces heavy financial losses after the MoD blocked its payments.
 
Tata Power (Strategic Engineering Division), one of India’s most capable defence electronics innovators, beat out global competition in 2011 to bag a Rs 1,219 crore contract to modernise 30 Indian Air Force (IAF) and one Indian Navy airfields. But now, even as Tata Power (SED) continues work, the MoD has blocked payments worth Rs 275

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