Will S-400 deal be cancelled; Why did India change the rules of arms purchase before the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin?

S-400 Air Defense News Update: India does not want to make any mistakes in its security preparations to deal with the situations after Operation Sindoor. After being badly defeated in this operation, Pakistan can retaliate at any time. In such a situation, we need to be completely alert. On the other side is China, which is Pakistan’s best friend. India can never trust him. For this reason, India does not want to leave any gap in its defense preparations.

A major development has taken place in this context. India has arms purchase policy There has been a big change in. These changes have been made at a time when Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting India next week. Russia is one of India’s largest defense partners. India from Russia S-400 air defense system Have purchased. But, the complete delivery of this deal done in 2018 has not been completed yet. This S-400 had given a very deep wound to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, the groan of which it has not been able to forget till date.

What is the change in policy

In fact, Defense Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said in a program of news agency ANI that a major change has been made in the rules related to purchase of weapons under the emergency clause. Under this, if the supply is not received within one year from the date of the deal, the government will cancel that deal. He said that this rule will put pressure on the supplier company to fulfill its promise on time.

What was said about S-400

During this program Singh S-400 defense system A big thing was also said about. Actually, India had signed a deal with Russia for five squadrons of S-400 in 2018. But, due to Russia’s involvement in the war with Ukraine, only three squadrons have been supplied so far. India wants to buy five more squadrons from Russia so that the country’s borders can be completely secured. But, this problem of supply is a matter of great concern. However, this deal does not come under the emergency clause. In such a situation, there is no possibility of this deal being cancelled.

Rajesh Singh said that this issue will be raised during Putin’s visit to India. He is coming to India on 5th December. Many important agreements can be made during his visit. He said that we want a clear answer from Russia on the delivery of S-400.

India has signed a deal with Russia for a squadron of S-400. Photo- Reuters

Why was there a need for strict rules?

He further said that we emergency arms purchase deals The strict decision taken regarding this will cover all companies and all countries. He said that if an emergency contract has been made then the companies or countries will have to supply within a year otherwise the deal will be cancelled. According to the Indian Express newspaper, the government had to take this tough decision because during the standoff on LOC with China, emergency contracts related to many weapons were made but their delivery has not been done till date.

After Operation Sindoor, the government had taken a major policy decision. It has given approval to the three armies that they can spend 15 percent of their budget on purchasing weapons in emergency. On a question related to delay in delivery of weapons, Rajesh Singh said that only local companies cannot be held responsible for this. In fact, you have seen that there is a lot of delay in the delivery of S-400 to Russia. There is also a delay in completing arms deals with Israel because it was also embroiled in war. Similarly, there is a problem in the supply of F404 engine of American company General Electric i.e. GE. These engines are to be installed in India’s indigenous fighter jet Tejas-MK1A.