At last, after lingering for years, the Government of India has cancelled VVIP Chopper deal with the Anglo-Italian company Augusta Westland for supply of 12 choppers at a cost of Rs. 3,600 crores.

There were complaints of kickback to the tune of Rs. 360 crores, which was investigated in to earlier.Three choppers have already been supplied.

There were many complaints earlier also about kick backs /corruption in defence deals, but many of them were kept under the carpet on the plea of security concerns. Now, the government is under compulsion due to the allegation of large scale corruption in the government and hence the cancellation.