India completes revised price assessment for Russian carrier

New Delhi, April 29: The government on Tuesday indicated that a breakthrough in the delivery of Gorshkov aircraft carrier had been made and new price assessment for the warship was completed. "The reassessment of Gorshkov is complete," Defence Minister A K Antony told reporters on the sidelines of a function here. He said the technical evaluation of the revised contours of the project was going on. Simultaneously, the discussions were going on with the Russian state-owned manufacturers, Antony said. Touching upon the dissatisfaction among the armed forces over the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission, Antony said "there are certain issues, I am sure the government will find a fair solution to the pending issues. On the rise in incidence of pre-mature retirement in the armed forces, Antony said the country would have to live with it. Asked if a better pay package could be a solution to the exodus from the forces, he said "government is aware of this and a solution will be found out". On the restructuring of the DRDO, the Defence Minister said "the government was studying the report of the P Ramarao committee."