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The system was designed to be both transparent & to eliminate scope for corruption.
However with practically each such deal seeing corruption the system ended up bringing more rules to eliminate corruption resulting in the system itself becoming opaque , extremely tardy , cumbersome , prone to delays , external interference given the lengthy timelines , still prone to corruption & self serving with the result the process mattered more than the results.
Operation successful , patient dead syndrome.
That's still the operating philosophy as it should be since it's sound in principle.
The committee is more of an eye wash designed to highlight the problem repeatedly in the public eye to pre empt opposition moves to agitate when the GoI goes in for procurement outside the beaten track .
If the opposition does so which we fully expect them to do since we've been blessed with a particularly foolish bunch as opposition leaders which is the reason they're in the opposition to begin with , the GoI can always turn around refer to the committee findings , the ACM IAF's various public utterances regarding the alarming shortfall in the squadron strength of the IAF , other reports like the parliamentary standing committee , the CAG reports , the public statements of ex IAF senior personnel on the matter & accuse the opposition of being anti national.
Old wine new bottle.
Welcome to India. As the saying goes - India isn't for beginners.
