Defence Minister also says that Tejas was expedited because of his explicit directions to those in-charge of the project
The 'vanila price' (just of the aircraft alone) will cost about 91 million Euros each for a single seater
Each Rafale to cost Rs 686 cr; will be IAF's most expensive fighter
Deal cost India 7.87 billion euros, after a tough negotiation from the Indian side which caused delay
Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, is likely to meet on August 18
Speculation over deal's closure continues after law ministry raises objections; defence minster says negotiations still on
Party's Facebook post reveals that the government has saved $3.2 billion from the $12 billion
The final deal may be clinched by May-end
The tough part of the negotiations, that began in July 2015, was to get the French side to agree to 50% offsets in the deal