[<<Thanks to our contacts, ***we were able to obtain this famous document that would prove that the company Reliance was imposed on France and Dassault by the Indian government*** [emphasis added].
This is the union summary of a meeting (CEC, mandatory under French law), presenting the effects of the "offsets" imposed on the defense contract (50% of counterparties) and the "Make in India" policy." Voluntarily, we will not conclude, so as not to trigger unnecessary polemics. Here is the report, together with another report, from another union. To you to make your own opinion and tell us if: "Reliance was a company imposed by the Indian government after the offsets? or not ".>> (This is the English translation of the report, originally, in French. The translation option is available on the site. Excerpted from sl. no. I. below.) Interestingly, rather quite interestingly, after the Dassault CEO declared that the Reliance slice in the "offset" pie is only about 10%, (ref.: < https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/greenyouth/PdiUT0ibxsY>) whereas the Indian media, for far far too long, was blaring that it was about two-third (67%) (ref.: < https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/greenyouth/v4jzc4jPMXY>), uncontradicted by anybody and the Reliance itself virtually claiming 100%, now, the Economic Times (ET) has come out with a report: <<Reliance Defence could get just over 3 per cent of the Rs 30,000-crore Dassault Aviation offsets contract, contrary to the impression that it is the biggest beneficiary of the Rafale fighter jets deal.>> Not only that, the Dassault CEO has further announced that "Dassault Aviation will deliver its Rafale fighter jets to India from 2019." (Ref.: < https://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idINKCN1MP222>.) This is only an airbrushed version of the Defence Minister's submission, this July, before the Indian parliament that the 36 fighter jets will be delivered commencing from September 2019 and be over by April 2022. (Ref.: < https://www.deccanherald.com/national/rafael-deal-schedule-all-jets-683106.html>.) Yet, at least a section of obliging media is presenting it as if it is something new (ref.: < https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/dassault-to-deliver-rafale-fighter-jets-to-india-from-2019-ceo-eric-trappier/articleshow/66227296.cms >). There's as yet no visible attempt on the part of any Indian media house to invest any resources in France to unearth the actual facts. Rather, a media house has promptly engaged in a whitewash job, as regards the new exposure, ***glaringly omitting and contradicting the observation by the subject French blogging site***: <<Thanks to our contacts, we were able to obtain this famous document that would prove that the company Reliance was imposed on France and Dassault by the Indian government.>> (Ref.: < https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/another-dassault-document-gives-fresh-twist-to-mediapart-s-rafale-story-1368771-2018-10-16 >.)] I/II. http://www.portail-aviation.com/blog/2018/10/14/epopee-du-rafale-en-inde-les-documents/ Epic of the Rafale in India: documents Posted By: Yves PAGOT on:October 14, 2018In: Uncategorized , All news 2 Comments I hesitated for a long time before publishing this article which does not fit into the usual editorial line of "Portal-Aviation". However, it seemed to me to shed new light on a growing controversy regarding the sale of a French fighter jet, the Rafale of Dassault Aviation. So I finally decided to do so, under my own responsibility (and not that of Portail-Aviation). For many weeks, the Indian opposition, led by Rahul Ghandi's Congress party, has been trying to exploit the purchase of thirty-six Rafale airplanes by India as being linked to a financial scandal intended to favor the industrialist. Reliance rather than the traditional public aircraft manufacturer HAL. This controversy, fueled by an awkward sentence of the former President Hollande in an interview, has recently bounced back thanks to a newspaper that would have obtained an "internal document" that would overwhelm Dassault Aviation. Thanks to our contacts, we were able to obtain this famous document that would prove that the company Reliance was imposed on France and Dassault by the Indian government. This is the union summary of a meeting (CEC, mandatory under French law), presenting the effects of the "offsets" imposed on the defense contract (50% of counterparties) and the "Make in India" policy. " Voluntarily, we will not conclude, so as not to trigger unnecessary polemics. Here is the report, together with another report, from another union. To you to make your own opinion and tell us if: "Reliance was a company imposed by the Indian government after the offsets? or not ". [Facsimile] II. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/reliance-partnership-trade-off-for-rafale-deal-trade-union-notes-suggest-1932693 On Rafale Deal, New Documents Point To Anil Ambani Firm As Essential Dassault denied the allegation, saying the reference in the document was to the obligation to make offset investments in India and not the compulsion to get into a joint venture with Anil Ambani's firm. All India | Written by Noopur Tiwari | Updated: October 16, 2018 12:13 IST PM Narendra Modi had announced the procurement of 36 Rafale jets in April 2016. (File) PARIS: HIGHLIGHTS A French blog has put up images of two trade union documents Dassault official talking about joint venture with Reliance mentioned Congress has accused government on corruption and crony capitalism In the Rafale jet deal, documents featured in a French aviation blog may fuel more controversy amid opposition allegations that France snagged the Rs. 59,000 crore deal as a trade-off for aeronautics major Dassault tying up with Anil Ambani's company. Images of two trade union documents put up by the French blog Portail Aviation may add fodder to the political wrangling over the deal for 36 Rafale jets sealed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the French in 2016. The images are of documents published by two unions of Rafale-maker Dassault - the CFDT and CGT. These are minutes of a meeting held on May 11 2017, in which the number 2 of Dassault Aviation, Loik Segalenn, is talking about the joint venture with Anil Ambani's Reliance Defence. [Facsimile] The CGT statement says, "...a complete presentation of 'Make in India' with the creation of the enterprise 'Dassault Reliance Aerospace' at Nagpur was done for us". The blog does not interpret the documents and leaves it to readers to conclude whether or not Reliance was imposed on the French as a partner as a condition for the deal. The CFDT's document was mentioned earlier in a report by the French publication Mediapart just after former French President Francois Hollande's explosive statement that France had no choice when it came to selecting Anil Ambani and his rookie company as offset partner for Dassault. According to Mediapart, an internal document of Dassault confirmed Mr Hollande's statement. Dassault denied the allegation, saying the reference in the document was to the obligation to make offset investments in India and not the compulsion to get into a joint venture with Anil Ambani's Reliance Defence. Details of the meeting appear to present a different picture. The CGT statement says, "...a complete presentation of 'Make in India' with the creation of the enterprise 'Dassault Reliance Aerospace' at Nagpur was done for us. According to Mr (Loik) Segalen it was imperative and obligatory for Dassault Aviation to accept this "contrepartie" in order to obtain the export contract Rafale India." The French word used is "contrepartie", which can mean "compensation" or could have the negative sense of a "trade off". The second union (CFDT's) statement talks about 'Make in India' being "the inevitable consequence" of the deal "imposed" by India, and says a joint venture with Reliance was created to attain this objective. It is evident that the statements are not talking only about the offset obligation but also about the joint venture with Reliance. Whether one of them was mandatory are among the questions raised by the opposition in India as well as a section of the French media. The Congress has accused the government of corruption and crony capitalism. The party had seized on French president Hollande's comment to Mediapart last month to go hammer and tongs against the government, alleging that Anil Ambani's company was imposed as a preferred partner on the French. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
