Singapore Technologies banned from India Gun Bid

November 21, 2009 by admin
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Defense News, 19 November 2009

Singapore Technologies will not be allowed to participate in an Indian tender for 155mm ultra-light artillery guns because it was named in an alleged corruption scandal in June this year by India’s fraud investigating agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The move is the outcome of the latest circular from the Indian Defence Ministry, which does not allow tainted defense companies to participate in the procurement process pending a full CBI report, ministry sources said.
“Where the tender process has not started, there should be no dealing with the companies in the First Information Report until finalization of the investigation,” a ministry source added.

With South African company Denel still blacklisted in India following a 2005 bribery case, Singapore Technologies was the front runner in the $1 billion tender to provide 155mm light howitzers for the Army’s use in mountainous terrain.

The government has frozen the howitzer tender for now because only one bidder, BAE Systems, remains, and single-vendor defense procurements are not permitted.

In June 2009, seven companies were added to the list of those banned from Defence Ministry procurement bids: Singapore Technologies, Israel Military Industries, Poland’s BVT, Singapore’s Media Architects, and domestic companies HYT Engg, T.S. Kishan and R.K. Machine Tools. All seven figured in corruption charges filed against the former director-general of India’s Ordnance Factory Board, Sudipta Ghosh. The Defence Ministry had blacklisted these seven companies following advice from the CBI, but the latest circular officially ends Singapore Technologies’ part in the ultra-light howitzer tender. – Defense News

Source: India Defense Research Wing

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12 Comments on "Singapore Technologies banned from India Gun Bid"

A Francis on Sat, 21st Nov 2009 9:23 am

ST link to Burma.

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Global_Secrets_Lies/BurmaSingapore_Drugs.html

Complay Centsy on Sat, 21st Nov 2009 10:42 am

Wahhaahhahaha!

BohSengLee on Sat, 21st Nov 2009 11:04 am

Clap clap. Singaporeans can now die of more lack of business and more poverty. Haven’t you seen that sobstory advertisement about a retrenched person whose family eats 2 meals of instant noodles a day and asking people to buy $2 lego bricks for donation. It’s like asking the poor to help the poor.

fair and square on Sat, 21st Nov 2009 11:05 am

if we have to import engineering and IT talents from INDIA into singapore,it makes no sense to INDIA foR Singapore ENGINEERING COMPANY to sell them our technology,isn’t it?!
that would be stupid.lah!
FT!FT!INDIAN FTs,hahaha!
i can’t help laughing,it’s silly!

Political SalesMaN on Sat, 21st Nov 2009 11:54 am

U know how Indian bit their “Drum” Untong tah Untong. tah—tah—tah Untong, Untong—Untong, Untong tah Untong.tah—tah Untong1

Zone Trooper on Sat, 21st Nov 2009 12:02 pm

Perhaps we should consider importing more and more IT talents from India and from anywhere in the world here, to train them better, give them more experience, give them better opportunities and let them have strong foundation in their work and at the end let them screw us in return. Good deal ain’t it.

Siew Hoon on Sat, 21st Nov 2009 12:13 pm

India must look upon Singapore favourably like what China’s doing, at least allowing her to compete with the rest.

Afer all, there are a sizeable Indian community here with Indian guanzi dependent on our economy?

Secondly, a lot of foreign exchange is remitted back to India from the foreign workers of South India (just visist Serangoon Road in the weekends). Sorry, I mean don’t cos the human traffic literally spills onto the roads.

Thirdly, Singapore has been providing lot of job opportunities & PRship to Indian IT personnel.

Forthly, Singapore has a sizeable capital investment in Indian economy itself, particularly in Bangalore.

India can surely reciprocate.

Kan_Cheong spider on Sat, 21st Nov 2009 5:15 pm

Don’t even bother with this wayang from Prata land. You think they are the sort of highest integrity people? Just look at their corruption ranking and ask around.

We have solid weaponry technology. There will be genuine buyers who has deep pockets.

Karmic Horlando on Sat, 21st Nov 2009 7:13 pm