India, May 29 -- Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh questioned the delay in the timely completion of defence procurements and lamented that most contracts could not be completed due to delays in the production of weapon systems.

Speaking at the CII Annual Business Summit on Thursday, the IAF chief pointed out multiple cases of delays, particularly indigenous defence projects, NDTV reported.

The top IAF officer lamented that none of the 83 Tejas Mk1A, a 4.5 generation Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), has been delivered so far by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). Deliveries were expected to begin in March 2024, following the PSU's award of the Rs.48,000 crore contract in February 2021.

HAL has been affected by the slow ...