Defence Middlemen

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday alleged that national security was "compromised" during the Congress rule when middlemen had access to sensitive information about the country's defence requirements.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today lambasted the Congress accusing it of "playing" with national security and working at the behest of middlemen in the defence sector instead of running a government for the people during the UPA rule

A number of middlemen and agents involved in defence deals have come under the scanner of security and investigative agencies afresh as part of their probe into a well-oiled machinery in the critical sector, with the governing pushing for a clean-up.

A new policy legalizing middlemen in arms purchases, a source of massive controversies in the past, will be in place soon, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said.

The Defence Ministry has decided against blacklisting British engine manufacturer Rolls Royce and allowed the armed forces to do business related to essential requirements with the firm, which is facing a CBI probe for allegedly paying commissions and employing middlemen in contracts with state-owned HAL.

Aerospace and defence company Rolls-Royce, facing an investigation by Britain's anti-fraud watchdog, says it has cut the number of middlemen it uses as it steps up efforts to prevent bribery and corruption.

Did the government, accused by the opposition of inaction for months in the 4000-crore VVIP helicopter deal controversy, ignore several warnings last year about continued activities of middlemen in defence deals?

If you thought the Rs 4000-crore scam for VVIP choppers was astounding, you may find incredulous the methods that defence firm Finmeccanica and middlemen employed to get the Indian contract.

India has asked the Italian government to share details of whether Indian middlemen, including a brigadier in the Army, offered to swing the purchase of 197 light utility helicopters for the Indian Air Force from Italian manufacturer Finmeccanica. Defence secretary Shashikant Sharma has asked the Italian government if its probe has revealed that br...

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday alleged that national security was "compromised" during the Congress rule when middlemen had access to sensitive information about the country's defence requirements.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today lambasted the Congress accusing it of "playing" with national security and working at the behest of middlemen in the defence sector instead of running a government for the people during the UPA rule

A number of middlemen and agents involved in defence deals have come under the scanner of security and investigative agencies afresh as part of their probe into a well-oiled machinery in the critical sector, with the governing pushing for a clean-up.

A new policy legalizing middlemen in arms purchases, a source of massive controversies in the past, will be in place soon, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said.

The Defence Ministry has decided against blacklisting British engine manufacturer Rolls Royce and allowed the armed forces to do business related to essential requirements with the firm, which is facing a CBI probe for allegedly paying commissions and employing middlemen in contracts with state-owned HAL.

Aerospace and defence company Rolls-Royce, facing an investigation by Britain's anti-fraud watchdog, says it has cut the number of middlemen it uses as it steps up efforts to prevent bribery and corruption.

Did the government, accused by the opposition of inaction for months in the 4000-crore VVIP helicopter deal controversy, ignore several warnings last year about continued activities of middlemen in defence deals?

If you thought the Rs 4000-crore scam for VVIP choppers was astounding, you may find incredulous the methods that defence firm Finmeccanica and middlemen employed to get the Indian contract.

India has asked the Italian government to share details of whether Indian middlemen, including a brigadier in the Army, offered to swing the purchase of 197 light utility helicopters for the Indian Air Force from Italian manufacturer Finmeccanica. Defence secretary Shashikant Sharma has asked the Italian government if its probe has revealed that br...