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Some DRDO seniors resist PM’s essential reform push

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ByAbhinandan Mishra  Sunday Guardian

May 19, 2024

NEW DELHI: A powerful group in the DRDO believes that these changes could weaken their hold over the institution.

Hectic parleys and lobbying have begun for the post of the chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), whose existing chairman, Samir V. Kamat will retire on 31 May, unless he is given an extension.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) decides on the appointment of the chief of the DRDO.

With the country going through Lok Sabha elections, the last phase of which is scheduled for 1 June and the results for 4 June, it is to be seen whether a new appointment is made on or before 31 May or Kamat is asked to continue to lead the organisation temporarily till the ACC decides on a new name or gives him a full extension as has happened earlier in the case of Directorate of Enforcement and Research and Analysis Wing among others.
Those in line to succeed him include his colleagues, B.K. Das who is presently the Director General (Electronics & Communication Systems); Dr Suma Varughese, leading the Micro Electronic Devices, Computational Systems and Cyber Systems division; and Dr Ummalaneni Raja Babu who is the head of the Missiles and Strategic Systems division.
Of the three, Das holds the most senior position. The three are scheduled to retire in August, January and April 2026, respectively. Sources say that the possibility of Kamat getting an extension post 31 May is not ruled out.

Various individuals, including former chiefs of DRDO, retired secretaries, individuals who deal in the sale and purchase of arms and advanced weaponry, who claim to have got the eyes and ears of the offices who will decide on who the new DRDO chief will be post 31 May, are pushing for their respective candidates.

However, what is going to make the job of the incoming new chairman more challenging than his predecessors to an organisation that had a budget of Rs 23,000 crore last year—which will rise to Rs 35,000 crore in the coming few years—is that the new chairman is now likely to work under a new system that will be based on what the K. Vijay Raghavan Committee had suggested in its report. The committee submitted its report in January this year, after it was constituted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in August last year to suggest a way to reform the organisation and handle the decades-long complaints of DRDO was simply not giving outputs that would justify the massive funding that it was getting each year.

CHANGES NEEDED IN DRDO WORKING STYLE
Among the significant changes this nine-member committee, headed by the former principal scientific advisor, suggested was to bring the working of the organisation under the Prime Minister’s Office to ensure accountability and swift action.
Several such committees in the past—A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Committee (1992), P. Rama Rao Committee (2008) and the V. Ramagopal Rao Committee (2020)—have shared recommendations with the single objective of making DRDO accountable when it comes to cost overruns and meeting the deadline that it promises. But all such previous recommendations have been pushed under the carpet because of a strong pushback from within the DRDO, aided by outside entities who gain due to these project delays and cost overruns.

The nine-member committee, apart from Raghavan, that made the report included former Deputy Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Subrata Saha (retired); former Vice Chief of Navy Staff, Vice Admiral S.N. Ghormade; former Chief of Integrated Staff, Air Marshal B.R. Krishna; Director General of the Manohar Parrikar Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses, Sujan R. Chinoy; Professor Manindra Agarwal of IIT Kanpur; President, Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers, S.P. Shukla; J.D. Patil of Larsen & Toubro Defence; S. Unnikrishnan Nair, Distinguished Scientist; ISRO and Rasika Chaube, Financial Advisor in the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Sources aware of the matter claimed that the current leadership of DRDO had conveyed its protst against the recommendations, and that in March a delegation had met the concerned offices in Delhi to register their protest.
Among the recommendations that are being resisted is the abolition of the posts of director general and director, in place of which there will be “members” and “lab-in charges”.
A recommendation has been made to establish a specialised department dedicated to overseeing government funds, ensuring that they are appropriately utilised for defence projects. This department would also address cost-related issues faced by the organisation, including but not limited to the prevention of embezzlement.

The creation of a separate body—Defence Technology Council (DTC)—which will be headed by the Prime Minister and will have the Defence Minister and the National Security Advisor as members, apart from two members each from academia and industry to bring diverse perspectives, has also met with stiff resistance from some in the organisation who are unwilling to see changes in the functioning of the DRDO despite the need for them in view of challenging new tasks set by the Prime Minister.

Some of DRDO top offices are also against setting up of a separate department under the MoD—the Department of Defence Science, Technology and Innovation (DDSTI) with the aim to promote R&D in academics and encourage start-ups.
More importantly, the committee has called for the bifurcation of the post of Secretary, R&D, in the MoD, which is presently held by the DRDO chairman.
The proposed changes are viewed by a faction within the DRDO as potentially undermining the longstanding autonomy and operational freedom enjoyed by its senior officials. This powerful group in the DRDO believes that such changes could weaken their hold over the institution.

A December 2023 Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC) report titled, “A Review of the Working of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)”, which was chaired by Jual Oram, had expressed concerns about 23 out of DRDO’s 55 mission mode projects facing significant delays. A December 2022 CAG report had stated that 67% (119 out of 178) of the DRDO projects that were examined, failed to adhere to proposed timelines.

The oversight on DRDO’s working by the Prime Minister’s Office is being strongly resisted by a group as the organisation has a massive budget which is going to increase in the coming days.Given its long-standing problems and the fact that they have continued to persist despite regular encouragement, it is expected that the PMO is unlikely to back down in front of these demands

 from a few groups that want the system to run as it has been running. The proposed new system will also mean that the functioning of DRDO officials, when it comes to taking decisions worth crores of rupees, will now be watched closely.

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CBI probes role of DRDO employee in possible graft

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 By Abhinandan Mishra  May 5, 2024

NEW DELHI: Aeronautical Development Establishment, a Bengaluru-based DRDO lab that developed the Lakshya aircraft, has been visited by the CBI.

Possible misuse of hundreds of crores of rupees related to a premier pilotless aircraft system, which was developed by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), has come to the notice of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) last month, after which the CBI has started its preliminary enquiry in the matter.

Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a Bengaluru-based lab of the DRDO, that developed the pilotless target aircraft, “Lakshya” has been visited at least twice by the CBI officials in the past one month.

The alleged scam, in which critical components needed for this project like small aircraft and trucks, were procured but only on paper while some went “missing”. Despite the ADE top officials who are handling the project, being made aware of these discrepancies at least since 2015, did not report these to the CBI but rather allegedly victimized the official who brought it to their notice, while refusing to be a part of the coverup.

As per rules, whenever an item or material is purchased for the development of any program, Lakshya in this case, and when it is brought physically to the ADE campus, an entry is done in the ledger detailing the said product. The said ledger is handled by a permanent employee of the DRDO and once he moves out either due to retirement or new posting, the said ledger is then handed over to another employee, who first checks all the inventories are there as mentioned in the books before taking over the possession of the ledger.

There are two ledgers that are used to ensure products don’t go “missing”. The first one is the Personal Ledger (PL) in which an item purchased under the “general head” is entered.

Then there is the Project Personal Ledger or PPL in which items purchased under “project head” are entered.

This is done to ensure that whatever was paid for by the Government of India is actually bought and delivered and it’s the accountability and responsibility of the officer holding the ledgers to make sure that details in the ledgers match the material in the campus and the lab.

As per the details accessed by the CBI, a “PL number 613”, which contains products and materials purchased for Lakshya, was till 31 January 2011 being handled by B.R. Suresh, a Scientist-D with ADE.

When he retired on that date it was revealed that materials including pilotless target aircrafts, trucks, electronic sub system were missing and hence the matter was recorded internally and the post-retirement benefits of Suresh were withheld, but were subsequently released after four years, said sources.

In January 2015, the project director of Lakshya, V. Subramaniam asked one of his juniors to take over the PL that was earlier the responsibility of B.R. Suresh. Sources said that till then, the responsibility of the PL was not entrusted to anyone.

As was required under the rules, the said officer, before taking over the responsibility of PL-613, went to the lab to verify whether all the listed and purchased material were present or not.  

 crores, that were listed in the PL, were missing.

The missing inventory included at least 5 aircraft, 10 trucks, 50 tow bodies and 10 gyroscopes.

As per the information received by the CBI, Subramaniam asked the said officer to take the responsibility of the PL register, without mentioning the discrepancies, which Subramaniam claimed he would “manage’ by manipulating the content. In lieu, the said officer was promised swift promotion. The said officer, however, refused to accept the responsibility of the ledger.

Upon witnessing the refusal to take the handover of the PL, Subramaniam is alleged to have taken away access of the said scientist to his workplace and started harassing him.

The said officer, who had reached out to the other top officials in the lab to inform them of these discrepancies, received no help and for 28 months, no salary was given to him.

Those close to Subramanian say that such charges against him are baseless and motivated. In a response to The Sunday Guardian’s queries on the matter, DRDO, while confirming that a CBI probe at ADE, Bengaluru with regards to the Lakshya project was going on, stated that, “As per statements of ex Lakshya Project Personnel and available records, no discrepancies related to material needed for this project were communicated to the top officials anytime during 2011 or in 2014.”

Messages sent to Subramaniam did not elicit any response till the time the report went to press.

In 2019, Subramanian, now in the position of “Scientist-G” who was not originally on the interview panel that was constituted to interview and promote his erstwhile junior, made himself a member of the panel and ensured that the junior was denied the promotion. This happened despite the said scientist requesting the Human Resources head to not be interviewed by a panel that had his former boss as the member.

In November 2021, a memorandum of major penalty was filed against the scientist for “unauthorised leave” during the period when his access to his lab was withdrawn by Subramaniam which did not allow him to mark the attendance.

It is pertinent to mention that ADE and DRDO both had come under severe criticism from relevant government bodies for their failure to execute Lakshya on time despite the government releasing funds and other resources without any delay.

Subramaniam, who retired in May 2023, is still coming to the ADE campus regularly despite having been accorded no responsibility that would necessitate his visit to the campus, especially when an inquiry has been going on with regards to the discrepancies in Lakshya ledger that was his responsibility.

Last month, amidst the ongoing CBI investigation, crucial files related to the said project were allegedly dumped in the dump yard of the campus to be destroyed.

This happened after the CBI officials visited the campus on 28 March. The agency officials visited the campus again on 19 April.

Lakshya had a total of four projects—Lakshya, Lakshya LSP (Limited Series Production), Lakshya 1-D (partially digital version) and Lakshya 2, which was the fully digital version. The project has been a huge technical success.

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Will the DRDO scientist from whose office bombs, weapons and liquor were found be crowned?

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Preparation to give Raja Ramanna Chair to former BrahMos CEO Sudhir Mishra, investigation committee constituted on complaints gave clean chit, had taken Indo-Russian secrecy file home after retirement.

 
Amit Bhatt, ROUND THE WATCH Dehradun: Sudhir Mishra, a senior scientist of Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), to whom preparations are being made to hand over the prestigious Raja Ramanna Chair under the organization after retirement, has faced many serious allegations. Even When he took his belongings home from office after retirement, it also included 100 bottles of foreign brand liquor. Out of the carton of documents he had taken with him, he later had to return a sensitive file like Indo-Russian secrecy. Later, 01 AK-47, 01 rocket launcher and 04 bombs were also found from his office. Who had no entry in the office. However, the inquiry committee to hand over the chair to Raja Ramanna It gave a clean chit to the former CEO. 

Without resolution of all the issues, questions are being raised even on this clean chit. In such a situation, a demand is being raised whether there is no need to conduct a fresh investigation into the matter by a high level or any independent agency?
After retirement, Sudhir Mishra was trying for Raja Ramanna Chair for a long time. However, things could not work out due to various complaints being filed against him. 

Therefore, in view of this situation, a committee was formed under the chairmanship of Director General Electronics and Communication Systems (ACS) Dr. BK Das on the instructions of other senior officials. The decision was postponed for some time in view of the allegations made in the complaint against the former scientist, but, possibly due to high interference, he was given a clean chit. It has also come to light that there was pressure on the committee chairman to submit the report quickly. It is being told that the committee talked to many people before giving the clean chit. 

But it could not be confirmed at any level whether the allegations made in the complaint are baseless or true. No one told whether 08 cartons of documents contained sensitive files related to BrahMos or not. Or did the committee ask the persons involved in the interrogation what kind of documents were in the carton? Had he seen the documents? Did the committee examine the allegations made in the complaint point by point? 

20 What was the nature of the wall painting?

The former CEO of BrahMos also took with him 20 wall paintings from his office. There is also mention of 20 wall paintings in the letter of the logistics firm which was authorized to carry the goods. The investigation committee should also clarify the nature of these paintings. Because, this stuff has also gone out of the office under the Defense Ministry. In today's environment, a painting can be worth lakhs or even crores of rupees. It should also be seen what was the source of the paintings and their specialty. Was this office property?

It is necessary to resolve these allegations and points

-How did 100 bottles of foreign brand liquor come to the office of former CEO Sudhir Mishra?-Why was there no entry for the weapons and bombs found after the retirement of former CEO Sudhir Mishra? If these were justified then why was a special vehicle later ordered from Pune-based Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) to carry them.

-How many sensitive documents were there in the 08 carton documents that Sudhir Mishra took with him?
-Why did Sudhir Mishra take a sensitive file like Indo-Russian secrecy from the office to his home. This file was also returned on demand.











List of materials taken from Sudhir Mishra’s office after his retirement from the post of CEO of BrahMos.

	

	
	




	
	

				

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DRDO schools across India to not admit new students

		

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By Shivani Azad / TNN / Apr 3, 2022










Institute of Technology Management (ITM) School





DEHRADUN: The ministry of defence (MoD) has issued an order to stop admissions at all schools aided by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in the country for this academic session while one DRDO school in Mussoorie – the Institute of Technology Management (ITM) School – was   shut down on April 1. Former President, APJ who served in DRDO for almost four decades, had mooted the idea of DRDO schools to develop scientific temperament among students He had also envisaged the schools benefiting children of  officials of DRDO, which has a network of 50 laboratories working on defence technology. Some of these labs are in remote, isolated areas. DRDO has nearly 30,000 employees





Of the 11 DRDO-aided schools in India, three are slated to   be transferred to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS): one each in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kochi





Seven others, including one each in Dehradun (Raksha Anusand  Vidyalaya), Chandigarh (Ballistics Vidyalaya), Pune (R&D E(E) English Medium School), Odisha (Range School, Chandipur Balasore) and Andhra Pradesh (NSTL Visakhapatnam), and two in Telangana (Defence School Lab, Kanchan Bagh, Hyderabad and  DLS Vignyanakancha, RCI Hyderabad) are to handed over to other agencies.





 The order, issued December 21, 2021, bi Vishnu Chandra Jha director, management services MoD reads “The competent authority has decided that there shall be no new admissions tin the entry level classes as well as all other classes in these schools for the next academic session 2022 -23” When quarried about the reasons behind the news, BK DAS, director of instrument and Research Development establishment IRDE of DRDO Dehradun said we are following instruction of the Defence Ministry which said running school doesn’t fall under the mandate of DRDO. The matters are decided at the headquarter level not by is, We are not closing idea is simply to hand over the management of these schools from DRDO to some other reasonable agencies. “ while the reason of handover of the school was not was not made immediately clear, sources  pointed to fund crunch  as a possible reason. A  source in the know said, The decision was taken at the PMO level to curtail the expenses of DRDO”





 Teaching  staff and the parents of the student in these schools meanwhile expressed disappointment  with the MoD decision





Pryanka Bisht,  resident of Mussoorie whose children used to study in the ITM School said covid-19 has hit everyone financially my husband works at the small shop and we cannot afford English medium is education for our children at a private school, the fee was affordable at ITM where my son studies in class 1 and daughter in class 4 we are still banking on the school for reopen.





 Badal  Prakash vice president of Landoir cantonment board  in Mussoorie where the school is located wrote a letter on Friday to officials to reconsider the decision to close the school “Teachers in this school have been working for 15 to 30 years. Now they are unemployed. The  school currently 106 students who will  have to travel far to gett quality education as there are no English medium school within the 5 km radius” Prakash said.

	

	
	




	
	

				

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‘Immature handling’ of missile system led to BrahMos misfiring?

		

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Incident draws attention to need for regular psychological tests of key official
sPradip R Sagar By Pradip R Sagar Updated: March 23, 2022 RHE WEEK










The inquiry into the misfire incident of an Indian missile into Pakistan has pointed towards ‘human error’. An air vice-marshal, a two-star rank officer of the air force is heading the probe, which is expected to be completed in a month and is mandated to fix responsibility for acts of omission and commission. It appears several officials handling the missile system are likely to be indicted for the lapse.





“It’s a case of immature operation or handling (mishandling) of the missile system, as there is no question of missile missing its target,” a key defence official said. Another officer said the process takes at least four hours to launch the missile with multiple electronic and mechanical locks. “Deviating from its flying path (trajectory) is next to impossible in case of BrahMos,” said an officer, indicating towards ‘human error’ for the misfire incident.





The incident also drew attention to the need to carry out regular psychological tests and background checks for all the officials handling such strategic arsenal.





During routine maintenance and inspection, a missile was accidentally released at around 7 pm on March 9. It was later learnt that the missile had landed inside the territory of Pakistan in Mian Channu town. While no one was hurt in the accident, India has regretted the misfire of its missile.





Though officially New Delhi has not named the missile, sources said that it was a supersonic cruise BrahMos missile, which landed 124km inside Pakistan territory.





Official sources maintained that it was a practice missile without a warhead and target coordinates were realistic but the missile was not meant to be launched. And, conventional missiles like BrahMos do not have to self-destruct mechanisms and a “fire and forget” missile. While other strategic and nuclear ballistic missiles like Agni and Prithvi do have such features. Once launched, the missile (BrahMos) cannot be aborted and flies at almost three times the speed of the sound of Mach 2.8.





Last week, defence minister Rajnath Singh, in a statement in Parliament has said standard operating procedures (SOPs) for “operations, maintenance, and inspection” of such systems were being reviewed, while adding that India attaches highest priority to safety and security of its weapon systems. “If any shortcoming is found, the same would be immediately rectified,” he said.





While assuring the House that the missile system is very reliable and safe, Rajnath Singh said that our safety procedures and protocols are of the highest order and are reviewed from time to time. He added that Indian Armed Forces are well-trained and disciplined and are well-experienced in handling such systems.





Rajnath’s response came two days after the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs sought “a joint probe to accurately establish the facts surrounding the incident” as the missile had landed in Pakistani territory. Terming it as a “profound level of incompetence”, Islamabad went into to call upon New Delhi to explain if the missile was indeed handled by its armed forces or some ‘rogue elements.’ Earlier, India’s ministry of defence had issued a statement, in which, it had inadvertently mentioned that “in the course of a routine maintenance, ‘a technical malfunction’ led to the accidental firing of a missile”. The word ‘technical malfunction’ has upset the developers of the BrahMos missile.





Developed by BrahMos Aerospace, it is a joint venture between India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyenia. And the supersonic cruise missile can be launched from land, air and water.





Touted as India’s most advanced missile, BrahMos is India’s only missile that will be exported. Philippines has become its first customer.

	

	
	




	
	

				

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ACB,CBI, Chandigarh – Jai Ho

		

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To                                                                                                              24 May 2021





The Director, CBI





Plot No 5-B CGO Complex,





Pragati Vihar,





New Delhi –110003





Subject: Request to deployed more staff in ACB, Chandigarh





Sir,





  1. I have sent a complaint to the ACB, CBI, Chandigarh on 16 October 2020 based on a detailed departmental investigation report corruption in the procurement of some equipments by Snow Avalanche Study Establishment. DRDO. Him Parisar, Plot No.1, Sector 37A, Chandigarh – 160 036  (SASE). The equipments were purchased at an inflated cost of shockingly to the tune of 50 times of the original cost.  As per the documents it is evident that there is Malafied act of corruption but DRDO seems to be indifferent to act on it.  These equipments used in Avalanche forecasting studies which are of very strategic importance. If such level of corruption is happening, it is directly affecting strategic interests of the nation. Because of these corrupt scientists more than 90% equipments are not working and that will be a sabotage of life risk of our great soldiers.  
  2. Now I have received the letter from Vigilance DRDO for confirming the complaint after passing 6 months. The DRDO letter enclosed the ACB letter mentioned that “this office has not conducted any open enquiry in to the matter”
  3. To my utter disappointment, instead of conducting an independent enquiry into the allegations based on complaint with all supporting documents, the Chandigarh unit of CBI simply forwarded the information to Director Vigilance of DRDO (Not even to CVO of MoD). Effectively it is simply passing on the buck to the organization which is not interested to tackle corruption in its organization, because the department enquiry document itself shows that after enquiry till date no action have been taken on this matter and buried under the table.
  4. The corruption they are doing in such system which directly deploy in various snowbound border areas and collect the data and on the basis of these data they pass information to defence forces which conduct the patrolling in these snowbound areas. Because of these corrupt scientists more than 90% are not working and that will be a sabotage of life risk of our great soldiers.
  5. I am fighting ageist corruption since last 20 years and lot of CBI officers, IB, Officers met me during this period across the India and most of I have found that they are working hard to get input/lead of corruption and national security and surprisingly in this case I found that ACB, Chandigarh not having any interest first he sit with information for six months and now just passing the ball to same department who are helpless to act against corrupt scientists for unforeseen reasons.
  6. So I personally feel that the ACB, Chandigarh having lot of investigations and is not able to give time for this act of corruption and sabotage of national security case.  I urge the Director, CBI to conduct an independent investigation by the responsible official for the corruption in strategic work of DRDO organization and ensure exemplary punishment to the accused through court if law..
  7. To save the life of our defence personal and stop the siphoning of poor tax payer money your early action is required.





Regards





Prabhu Dandriyal





21-0 sunderwala, Raipur





DEHRADUN-248008





9411114879, prabhudoon@gmail.com , www.corruptionindrdo.com





Enclosed: 





1.   Copy my letter to ACB.CB, Chandigarh along with copy of DRDO enquiry report.





2.   Copy of ACB.CBI, Chandigarh letter address to Vigilance, DRDO Hrs





3.   Copy of Vigilance, DRDO Hrs letter





Copy to





  1. Prime Minister of India – At the moment, the entire nation is battling with Corona and lot of funds is required to save the precious lives. Every hard earned penny of tax payer is needed to strengthen health care system.  Siphoning of national exchequer should be treated as serious crime in the need of hour.





  • Defence Minister – I am bringing to your notice a corruption of high level where key defence scientists are involved that may risk life of soldiers who are patrolling in snowbound border areas. Action  requested in your end





  • Chairman, DRDO – for information please, because action …………































	

	
	




	
	

				

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RTI to CRPF Regarding Rustom-1 Crash While on Trials for CRPF in Jagdalpur

		

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To                                                                                            19 March 2021





 Shri M.J. VIJAY





CPIO, DIG (Adm) Dte. Gen





Dte. Gen CRPF, Block No-1,CGO Complex,





Lodhi Road, New Delhi  110 003





Hello,





Several Twitter handles tweeted about the crash of Rustom-1 while on trials for CRPF in Jagdalpur last week of March 2021.  





The Aeronautical Development Establishment, DRDO designed and developed Rustom-1, has reportedly crashed while undergoing trials. The incident reportedly took place in Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh after the Rustom-1 hit the perimeter wall of the testing site.





Kindly provide me with the following information requested under the purview of the Right to Information Act, 2005 in respect ADE Rustom-1 crash in Jagdalpur on trials for CRPF.





  1. Provide the request letter to ADE, DRDO or DRDO Hqes  for conducting RUSTOM –I trials for CRPF operations.
  2. If, CRPF not send any request for above such trials then provide the proposal letter of ADE, DRDO for conducting above trials for CRPF operations.
  3. Provide the participation of CRPF officials in above trials with DRDO in Jagdalpur Yes or No
  4. Provide if DRDO asked for money or any logistic support for conducting above RUSTOM I trails.





Regards





Prabhu  Dandriyal,





21 Sunderwala, Raipur, Dehradun  248008





 Mobile 9411114879, prabhudoon@gmail.com   www.corruptionindrdo.com





Enclosed -RUSTOM I crash photograph





Registration Number     CRPFO/R/E/21/00395






	

	
	




	
	

				

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Takshaka Post Exposed Mastermind of IACCS-IAF-Scam-7900,cr is NDA/RSS’ Man V K Saraswat

		

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by Shweta R Rashmi March 29, 2021 in Breaking News










ACCS IAF Scam 7900,cr के घोटालें के बारे में पर्दा उठाते हुए तक्षक पोस्ट ने लिखा, कैसे और किस तरह इस घोटालें को अंजाम दिया गया! फर्जीवाड़ा कैसे हुआ !
भारतीय वायु सेना और सेना से जुड़ी इस संवेदनशील परियोजना में, जिन ईमानदार अधिकारियों ने इस घोटालें को उजागर करने की कोशिश की उन्हें नौकरी से बाहर कर बर्खास्त कर दिया गया, और जो लोग इस घोटालें में शामिल थे, उनको 2014 के बाद प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की अध्यक्षता वाली NDA-1 में देश के सर्वोच्च पदों से नवाजा गया बल्कि पूरी तरह से इसे इनाम की उन लोगों की झोली में डाल दिया गया। दरअसल वो सिर्फ अपने निजी स्वार्थ के लिए आरएसएस (RSS) के बैकग्राउंड सपोर्ट से काम कर रहे थे, पुष्टि के लिए तस्वीरें उपलब्ध है। वी.के सारस्वत ही वो व्यक्ति है, जिसका कैरियर विवादों में पहले भी रहा, एक मामलें में कोर्ट की अवमानना में जेल की सज़ा भी हुई, इस घोटालें का मुख्य मास्टरमाइंड भी VK Saraswat है ! सारस्वत आरएसएस ( RSS) का पसंदीदा चेहरा और अब की NDA और प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी सरकार का चेहरा ( NITI Ayog) नीति आयोग में पूर्णकालीन सदस्य।





ये घोटाला क्या है-





स प्रोजेक्ट को दो पार्ट में बांटा गया है, एक सॉफ्टवेयर का हिस्सा है, दूसरा पार्ट सिविल कंस्ट्रक्शन का है। जिसकी बारे में पिछली बार जानकारी दी गई थी। इसमें (TN Singh, BEL, CMD, ) के कनेक्शन को बताया था।आज हम बात कर रहे है, मुख्य साजिशकर्ता की जिसे ना सिर्फ पद दिया गया बल्कि सरकार के द्वारा बचाया जा रहा है, इस पूरे घोटालें की जानकारी रक्षा मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह, रक्षा मंत्रालय स्वतंत्र प्रभार श्रीपद नायक,एवं जयंत सहसबुद्धे सचिव विज्ञान भारती ,(आरएसएस )के संज्ञान में है, पर मामला दबाने में सरकार जुटी है वजह, तस्वीरों को देखकर आप खुद अंंदाज लगा सकते





शस्त्र पूजन में भाग लेते वीके सारस्वत की 2015 की तस्वीर है।





तक्षक पोस्ट सरकार सेे जानना चाहता है! क्यों इस मामलें को दबाया गया, और कार्रवाई प्रभावित करने की लगातार कोशिश की जा रही हैं, क्योंकि आरएसएस के चहेते इसमें शामिल है, देश पूछता है क्या सेना और सैनिकों की जान इतनी सस्ती





वीके सारस्वत के बारे तक्षकपोस्ट की पड़ताल- मामला समझने के लिए थोड़ा पीछे की घटना पर जरूरी नजर –





वीके सारस्वत पूर्व राष्ट्रपति एपीजे अब्दुल कलाम के टीम का हिस्सा होने के साथ तत्कालीन रक्षा सचिव और DRDO चीफ रहे, 2013 में सारस्वत की कार्यकाल को आगे बढ़ाने की सिफारिश खुद पूर्व राष्ट्रपति अब्दुल कलाम ने की, लेकिन प्रधानमंत्री Manmohan Singh की सरकार ने वीके सारस्वत के कार्यकाल को विस्तार ना देकर खारिज कर दिया। क्योंकि वीके सारस्वत को लगातार सेना प्रमुख और जनरल VK सिंह, जनरल VP मलिक, पूर्व सेनाध्यक्ष , एयर मार्शल एके सिंह के द्वारा सवालों के घेरे में खड़ा किया जा रहा था, वीके सारस्वत पर भ्रष्टाचार के आरोप लग रहे थे, DRDO पर सवाल था ! वैज्ञानिक सेना रक्षा मामलों पर काम छोड़ कर डेंगू के मच्छर पर काम कर रहे थे, सेना बुरी तरह से लचर और खराब तकनीकों के सहारे अपनी साख गवा रही थी, जिसकी जिम्मेदारी वीके सारस्वत की थी, क्योंकि उनके अध्यक्षता में DRDO काम नहीं कर रही थी। बल्कि भ्रष्टाचार और भाई भतीजावाद में लगी थी। आरोपों की इन सभी शिकायतों के बाद





तत्कालीन रक्षा मंत्री एके एंटनी ने नियंत्रक महालेखा परीक्षक (सीजीडीए) CDGA को आदेश दिया, कि वे भारत, और भारतीय सेना ख़ासकर वायुसेना को भविष्य में आपूर्ति वाले प्रॉजेक्ट, को लेकर काम होने वाले रिसर्च वर्क जो 2017 तक पूर्ण होने वाले है। इन परियोजनाओं पर DRDO द्वारा किये जा रहे काम पर एक गुप्त ऑडिट करें। इस कार्यशाला को (James Bond’s ‘Q’ ) जेम्स बॉन्ड का ‘क्यू’ – कहा जाता है जिसे डिफेंस रिसर्च एंड डेवलपमेंट ऑर्गनाइजेशन ( DRDO) के द्वारा हैंडल किया जाता है। (CGDA) सीजीडीए की रिपोर्ट में पाया गया कि भयंकर रूप से “डीआरडीओ वीके सारस्वत की अगुवाई में ऐसे उपकरण विकसित कर रहा है जो या तो सब-स्टैंडर्ड हैं या डेडलाइन और अतिरिक्त बजट की बढोत्तरी वाले है। कई परियोजनाएं बिना सरकार की मंजूरी के शुरू की गई हैं। केवल 10% परियोजनाएं ही ऐसी है जिसमें सरकार की मंजूरी ली गई हैं, मंत्रालय के द्वारा, इससे DRDO में हो रहे धांधली का पता चला, ये भी बात सामने आई कि वीके सारस्वत ने बिना मंत्रालय से पूछे 2.88 करोड़ रुपये एक निजी संस्था को दिए, बिना काम के और गलत तरीके से ये पैसे बांटे गये, दूसरी तरह देहरादून स्थित एक लैब जिसे 14 करोड़ रुपये दिए गये, (संस्था के गवर्निंग बॉडी में वीके सारस्वत भी मौजूद थे) इसके अलावा 2.98 भी एक अन्य संस्था को दिये गए, अब सोचने की बात है एक ही टेक्नीक को विकसित करने के लिए अलग-अलग संस्थाओं को पैसे कैसे दे दिये गये ?? मतलब साफ था वीके सारस्वत का निजी स्वार्थ। जांच में घिरे सारस्वत ने अपने रिटायरमेंट से ठीक पहले एक प्लानिंग के तहत IACCS प्रोजेक्ट को निजी ठेकेदारों से करवाने की पृष्ठभूमि तैयार की जिससे करोडों रुपयों का हेरफेर और घोटाला किया जा सके। इसमें कई लोगों को शामिल किया गया जो आज सरकार के दामाद बने बैठे है। आगे सभी पर बात होगी कैसे किसकी क्या भूमिका रही है।





1997 में, भारतीय सेना ने अमेरिका से AN / TPQ-37 फायरफाइंडर रडार हासिल करने की योजना को अंतिम रूप दिया। कीमतों पर बातचीत की गई डील फाइनल करने से ठीक पहले DRDO ने सरकार को पेशकश की लेकिन ना तो उसने बनाया और ना सेना को डिलीवर किया गया। 1999 में, कारगिल युद्ध के दौरान, रडार की सख्त जरूरत थी। पाकिस्तानी गोलाबारी में कई जानें चली गई। हंगामा मचने के बाद जब भारत-अमेरिका संबंधों में सुधार हुआ, तो भारत ने 2003 में इन राडार को खरीद लिया, बाद में एम्ब्रेयर EMB 1451 है जिसे ब्राजील से खरीदा गया, महंगे दामों में। इस खर्च को बचाने के लिए वीके सारस्वत को 2013 में रिटायर्ड होने से पहले पोलैंड और ब्राजील भेजा गया, ताकि IACCS सिस्टम में प्रयोग होने वाले डिज़ायन की बारीकियां को समझा जा सकें। पूरी IACCS -IAF 7900 करोड़ घोटालें की कहानी यहीं से बुनी जानी शुरू होती है। जिसकी शुरुआत की नींव वीके सारस्वत के इस दौरे के दौरान रखी गई। वीके सारस्वत को इस ट्रेनिंग के लिए DRDO (SPIC-DELHI) (एसपीआईसी-दिल्ली) के अध्यक्ष रहे हैं 10 साल तक।





तत्कालीन नई, सत्ता में आई, मनमोहन सिंह की सरकार ने 2004- 2005 में इस खामी को देखकर भारतीय वायु सेना को अपने सीमा पर दुश्मन देशों से लड़ने के लिए इस पायलट प्रोजेक्ट पर काम करने की मंजूरी दी, जिसमें बंकर और सॉफ्टवेयर आधारित आधुनिक तकनीक से लैस बंकर का निर्माण किया जाना था, जिसमें प्रधानमंत्री सहित देश के उच्च अधिकारी सेना और जवान बैठकर दुश्मनों को देख सकें और सेना को सही निर्णय लेने में सहयोग कर सकें।





2005 में भारतीय वायु सेना ने कई कंपनियों को इसके लिए संपर्क किया जो IACCS को अंतिम रूप दे सके। ये काम DRDO के माध्यम से होना था , जिसके लिए अंतिम रूप से BEL को चुना गया। जिसनें प्रोटोटाइप और डेमोस्ट्रेशन का सफल परीक्षण किया, 2007 में BEL को 5 सिस्टम के लिए आर्डर दिया गया। 5 नोड्स को विकसित करना था जिसमें परमाणु हथियारों के प्रभाव से भी सुरक्षित करना था, इसमें 5 सिस्टम के आर्डर मिला कर टोटल 10 ऐसे बंकर तैयार होने थे जिसमें सॉफ्टवेयर और सिस्टम अत्याधुनिक हो इस परियोजना के अंदर।





क्या है वीके सारस्वत का खेल –
2013 में रिटायर्ड होने से पहले और (CGDA) राडार में आने के बाद , वीके सारस्वत ने नया रास्ता खोज निकाला सरकार और सेना के साथ भ्रष्टाचार को अंजाम देने के लिए , पहली बार BEL के माध्यम से प्राइवेट कंपनियों से टेंडर आवदेन मांगे गये, और इसमें उन लोगों को सेट किया गया जो वीके के सारस्वत के द्वारा इस काम को आगे बढ़ा सकते थे, सभी कंपनियों का पता वसंत कुंज वीके सारस्वत के घर के पास था, एक ही पते पर दो कंपनी का नाम दर्ज था, DRDO SPIC-DELHI के लिए काम करने वाली कंपनी मेसर्स एस.आर. अशोका, मैसर्स सी.एस.RD Konsultant का पता एक ही था, और DRDO के अधिकारी वासुदेव की बेटी वनिता वासुदेव इनमें से एक कंपनी में खुद बोर्ड ऑफ डायरेक्टर रही है, जिनके साथ RD Konsultant काम करती थी। दस्तावेज हमारे पास है, पिछली बार आपको बताया था कैसे इसको DRDO के सिफारिश पर टेंडर अलॉट किया गया PPR बनाने का काम। ये सिफारिश करने वाला व्यक्ति वीके सारस्वत इस पूरे खेल का मास्टरमाइंड है। RD Konsultant के इस PPR पर गलत डिज़ायन पर TN सिंंह के साइन है , बंकर गलत डिज़ायन के कारण गिरे है ये अति गंभीर विषय है, और सुरक्षा पर सवाल अगर प्रधानमंत्री या कोई और उस स्तर का व्यक्ति इस घटना में हादसे का शिकार होता …





शुरुआत में यह प्रस्तावित किया गया था कि सिविल संरचना का काम DRDO द्वारा की जाएगी, उपकरण और बंकर निर्माण का काम बाहर से किया जायेगा, इस पूरे खेल से पर्दा एक के बाद एक आपके सामने तक्षक पोस्ट उठायेगा पर्दा। बर्खास्त ईमानदार अधिकारियों के लिए Justic की मांग जारी रहेगी और भ्रस्टाचार के खिलाफ आवाज़





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DRDO whistle-blower, recognised by Parrikar, being ill treated

		

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Abhinandan Mishra
Published Sunday Guardian: February 27, 2021,










New Delhi: An ailing official with the Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO), who was described as a “whistle-blower” by the then Defence Minister, the late Manohar Parrikar, is facing “forceful eviction” from his government house in what he has described as a “vindictive action” by the DRDO.
Prakash Singh, who belonged to the Administration cadre of DRDO, was removed from service in August 2020 for being “absent” from the job. However, the facts on record, which The Sunday Guardian has gone through, present a totally different picture.
Singh played an instrumental role in bringing to public view the alleged corruption and nepotism done by at least three director level officers with DRDO—one of whom was suspended on the last day of his job—and anomalies related to recruitment of four different scientists—of these four, the appointments of two were annulled. Singh’s immediate ordeal started in August 2016 when he was posted at Joint Cypher Bureau (JCB), a wing of the DRDO, on 18 August 2016 as a senior administration officer. Three days later, he was sent to another sub office of the same wing where he was not given any work until he stayed there till 29 November 2017 despite Singh sending multiple communications seeking “work”.
On 30 November 2017, he on his own “rejoined” the JCB office. According to Singh, he went to this office till 11 December and was allotted an access pass, an official email address and departmental work.
However, on the afternoon of 11 December 2017, his access was removed and he was stopped from entering the establishment.
Despite that, he continued to go outside his office and register his presence by showing his ID card into the CCTV camera that was installed at the gates. He continued to do so till August 2020 when he was removed from service for “absence from duty” and all his pensionary benefits, that came with 33 years of service, were stopped.
“I was not given any salary for these 21 months (from December 2017 to August 2020) despite going to register my presence every day in front of the CCTV camera, as I was not allowed to enter the premises. Now, they are coming to my house daily and asking me to vacate the house despite my case of illegal removal from service still pending in multiple forums and both my wife and I are in ill health, the certificates of which I have already submitted to the offices concerned,” Singh told The Sunday Guardian.
According to Singh, the DRDO carried out an ex-parte inquiry against him while deciding to remove him from service, and did not give him the charge-sheet and the inquiry officer in the case himself was allegedly “tainted”.
Documents accessed by The Sunday Guardian clearly show that the then Defence minister Manohar Parrikar had directed the DRDO and the Ministry of Defence “to identify and take action against the persons who trumped up false charges and committed a number of procedural irregularities with single-minded objective of harassing Shri Prakash Singh” after disciplinary proceedings were initiated against Singh. However, as per Singh, no inquiry was done by DRDO to identify these persons and rather it was he who has been continuously “targeted” since then.
The proceedings were started, as per Singh, after he brought out in the open the alleged wrongdoings within DRDO by a few. “Raksha mantri has ordered quashing of the charges framed against Shri Prakash Singh,” reads the official communication.
Another official communication by the Vigilance Department of Ministry of Defence, of October 2013, while investigating a case of irregular recruitment that was brought out in the open by Singh, has stated that the CVC was treating Singh as a “whistle blower” while stating that “it is palpable that action by some in handling the three complaints lodged by Shri Prakash Singh to CBI was taken with the motive to cause difficulties to the complainant”.
Email sent to DRDO for their response on the matter and whether any action, as directed by Parrikar, was taken to identify the persons who were harassing Singh was taken, did not elicit any response till the time the story went to press.






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