CAG smells Rs 1,000 cr chopper scam stink

The UPA government is smarting from a stinging report by the CAG on the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal that says the Ministry of Defence (MoD) had set a base price for the helicopters higher than what the company itself wanted, that it deviated from standard procedures on many occasions and revised the specifications of the helicopter so that at the end there was just one seller - AgustaWestland. The difference between the MoD-set base price and the price quoted by the Italian company...

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