Procurement of T-90 main battle tanks
Lok Sabha
The Government proposes to produce more T-90 main battle tanks for the Indian Army. Heavy Vehicle Factory (HVF), Avadi has so far produced 181 tanks and supplied to Indian Army. India had signed a contract with Russia in 2001 for license production of 1000 T-90 tanks and an initial order of 300 tanks has been placed on HVF, Avadi. The supply to Army against this order will commence from the year 2007-2008.
While the T-90 tanks were procured directly from Russia at the cost of Rs. 11 crore in 2001, the issue price of indigenous tanks for the current year is Rs. 12 crore.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Defence Production Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply to Shri Braja Kishore Tripathy in Lok Sabha today
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(Release ID :22583)