{"id":55106,"date":"2019-01-09T15:01:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T09:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55106"},"modified":"2019-01-09T15:01:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T09:31:26","slug":"doubts-raised-over-hal-contracts-misleading-defence-minister-nirmala-sitharaman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/doubts-raised-over-hal-contracts-misleading-defence-minister-nirmala-sitharaman","title":{"rendered":"Doubts raised over HAL contracts misleading: \u00a0Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sitharaman.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"55108\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/doubts-raised-over-hal-contracts-misleading-defence-minister-nirmala-sitharaman\/sitharaman\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sitharaman.jpg?fit=302%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"302,201\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sitharaman\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sitharaman.jpg?fit=302%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-55108\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sitharaman.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sitharaman.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sitharaman.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/sitharaman.jpg?w=302&amp;ssl=1 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday termed the doubts raised by the Congress over her statement on HAL contracts as &#8220;incorrect and misleading&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In a brief statement in Lok Sabha, she said that over Rs 26,000 crore worth of contracts have been awarded and work amounting to Rs 73,000 crore are in the pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>Her statement comes amid a political furore over her statement in the House regarding orders placed with the defence public sector undertaking.<\/p>\n<p>Congress had on Sunday alleged that the Minister had &#8220;lied&#8221; in Parliament that government orders worth Rs one lakh crore were provided to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.<\/p>\n<p>Sitharaman said in Lok Sabha, &#8220;I would like to set all doubts to rest&#8230; the doubts raised in this regard are incorrect and misleading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday termed the doubts raised by the Congress over her statement on HAL contracts as &#8220;incorrect and misleading&#8221;. 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