Dayanand's World

HAL needs to be shaken out of its complacency. HAL straddles the Indian aerospace sector as a giant. It enjoys an unbridled monopoly. Past performance of HAL has been a saga of false claims, tall promises, protracted delays, huge cost overruns, sub-optimal products and poor quality control.  Every move to induct the private sector in defence production is opposed tooth and nail by the public sector. Exclusion of HAL from Rafale Exclusion of HAL from the deal was a well-analysed and thought-through policy decision. There were two major reasons for this. One, HAL was already overloaded with orders and was not in a position to accept additional work. Two, a need had been felt for a long time to develop alternate facilities for aerospace manufacture. Lack of competition had made HAL complacent. Threatened by the entry of the private sector into its monopolistic domain, HAL cleverly converted the proposal into a public sector versus private sector duel.  Overplaying fears of...

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