Aerospace Diary

Neelam Mathews Aug 2, 2012 The cry  for making amendments to the offset policy retroactive is getting louder as many in the industry feel the very concept of making changes to offsets in the past will prove worthless and not give the Indian industry a boost as major projects including the MMRCA are already covered under older policies. Time and again, the government has made it clear, it will not do so. But these are changing times. Who would have thought there would be such a radical change in the government thinking that it would one day even consider allowing a 'private sector only'  project without DPUs involvement as in the case of the replacement of the Avros? The solution is so clear and simple that one is surprised it hasn’t been implemented nor discussed.  “Offset amendments have taken place to improve offsets and boost Indian industry. Take the MMRCA for instance. If commercial bids (MMRCA) were opened in November last year, the offset polic...