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Rafale Deal: 'Modi government got a 2.86% cheaper price than UPA'
Updated On: 14 February, 2019 08:05 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Comptroller and Auditor General report remains silent on offset partners in the deal, a point on which the Congress has been attacking the government

Congress President Rahul Gandhi with party leaders during a protest against the Rafale deal, near Mahatma Gandhiu00c3u00a2u00c2u0080u00c2u0099s statue inside Parliament House complex, in New Delhi, on Wednesday. Pic/PTI
The Rafale deal signed by the Modi government to procure 36 fighter jets from France's Dassault got 2.86 per cent cheaper price than what was negotiated during the previous UPA regime in 2007, the much-awaited CAG report on the controversy-hit transaction showed on Wednesday.
Without disclosing pricing details in absolute terms, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said the deal was 6.54 per cent expensive in terms of engineering support package and performance-based logistics for the Indian Air Force, while the training costs has got 2.68 per cent expensive than the 2007 offer.

