New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- The much-awaited report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India into the Rs 60,000 crore Rafale fighter jet deal has said the French manufacturer Dassault and MBDA are yet to honour their commitment about offset clause to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

The offset clause stipulates the foreign vendor has to plough back 30 per cent of the contract price into the Indian defence and aerospace industry. In the Rafale deal, the limit was raised to 50 per cent to enable the Indian industry to tie up with world class foreign companies and gain first world technology.

The Government watchdog said on Wednesday it studied 17 deals inked in the last one decade to analyse the efficacy of the ...