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Sunday, July 20, 2014

CAG pulls up IAF for grounding AN-32 transport planes

An-32 ClineThe Air Force was on Friday chided by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) for an ‘avoidable expenditure’ of Rs 227 crore modernization programme of its 105 Soviet-origin An-32 transport aircraft and the grounding of over 50 percent of the fleet due to delay in creating upgrade facilities.

The CAG in its report tabled in Lok Sabha said IAF procured 17 engines in 2007 and 100 engines in 2009 for the Antonv-32 transport fleet.

"IAF had paid USD 719,500 (Rs 3.16 crore) per engine against the contract of June 2007, whereas, it had to pay USD 10,90,000 (Rs 5.43 crore) per engine against the contract of December 2009. Thus, IAF had to incur a total of Rs 227 crore extra on procurement of 100 aero-engines," it said.

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