Project 75I initially envisaged all six submarines to be built in India. The MDL was to build three; Hindustan Shipyard Ltd — recently acquired by the MoD from the Ministry of Shipping — would build one; while Indian private sector shipyards, L&T and Pipavav, were to compete to build the remaining two. Now the first two are likely to be built abroad.
This change in earlier decision will require fresh sanction from the CCS typically involving a 12-24-months time.
L&T and Pipavav have invested sufficiently to build world-class shipyards, and have lobbied intensely for a share of the submarine programme.
Senior L&T officials feel that MDL would have its hands full with Scorpene production until at least 2019 and has no capacity to take on another three submarines. MDL has however presented a detailed plan to set-up a second submarine line.
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