New Delhi: The Defence Ministry has put out an updated list of companies debarred, put on hold or suspended from doing business with the MoD.
According to an order by the Vigilance Department of Ministry of Defence, this is in accordance with MoD Guidelines for penalties in Business Dealings.
The six debarred firms are Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd (STK), Israel Military Industries Ltd. (IMI), T.S. Kisan & Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, R. K. Machine Tools Ltd., Ludhiana, Rheinmetall Air Defence (RAD), Zurich and Corporation Defence, Russia.
The 13 companies that are suspended or put on hold by MoD are IDS, Tunisia, Infotech Design System (IDS), Mauritius, IDS Infotech Ltd, Mohali, Aeromatrix Info. Soiution Pvt Ltd, Chandigarh, Shanx Oceaneering, Inter Spiro India Pvt Ltd, Experts Systems, Unitech Enterprises, Kelvin Engineering, Atlas group of companies including Atlas Telecom and Atlas Defence Services, Offset India Solutions (P) Ltd. and its group companies and functionaries, Pilatus Aircraft Ltd, Switzerland and Vectra Advanced Engineering.
Two companies restricted from procurement are Rolls Royce and its allied and subsidiary companies and Tatra Trucks of Czech Republic.
Business dealings with SARR Freights Corporation and associated/allied Firms were suspended vide MoD order dated 19.02.2021.
High Court of Delhi, in a case relating to Department of Defence Production, vide order dated 25.05.2021 stayed the operation of MoD order till 31.08.2021.
Further, the High Court vide directions dated 31.08.2021 has extended the stay till next date of hearing i.e. 07.01.2022.
The defence ministry has formally lifted a ban on Italian firm Leonardo SpA and its subsidiary AgustaWestland as their names have not figured in an updated list
Leonardo SpA, which was earlier known as Finmeccanica, and AgustaWestland were banned in 2014 in the wake of allegations of corruption in a Rs 3,500-crore VVIP helicopters deal.
India had scrapped the contract with AgustaWestland for supplying the 12 AW-101 VVIP choppers over alleged breach of contractual obligations and charges of kickbacks paid by the firm for securing the deal.
Sources said Leonardo SpA has given a letter withdrawing its claims of 350 million euros on the cancelled order of the VVIP helicopters.
It is learnt that though the defence ministry has lifted the ban on the two Italian firms, the probe by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) into the VVIP chopper deal will continue.
The sources said the lifting of the ban will now allow Leonardo SpA to participate in the heavy-weight torpedo programme under the Indian Navy's Project 75.
Six Scorpene submarines are being built under Project-75 by state-run Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) under technology transfer from the Naval Group of France.
The Navy is likely to soon float tenders for naval radars and naval turrets for the submarines under Project 75. The MDL has already delivered four of the six submarines.
ANI/PTI
