India to buy 36 Rafale jets from France

Q.  India has decided to buy only 36 Rafale fighter jets scrapping the earlier plan to acquire 126 aircraft on grounds of huge cost. From which country India is buying Rafale fighter jets?
- Published on 13 Jun 15

a. Russia
b. United States
c. Germany
d. France

ANSWER: France
 
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said that the previous UPA government's deal for 126 Rafales was too expensive and it would have hampered other modernisation plans of the Indian military. Parrikar termed the deal "economically unviable". He added, the deal would have required around Rs 1.3 lakh crore over a period of 10-11 years.

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