New Delhi, Nov. 28 -- Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh on Friday warned that if there are delays in delivery under emergency procurement, the orders would be cancelled.

Speaking at the ANI National Security Summit, he said the aim is to bring accountability across both foreign and domestic suppliers.

He stated that to curb delays, the government is looking to introduce new regulations and policy changes to ensure that a case where delivery is not completed within one year will be "foreclosed".

"There is a tendency to overpromise and under-deliver. We will need to start cracking down much more, apply LD (liquidated damages) clauses. In the current round of emergency purchases that we are doing, we are actually taking a much tougher ...