NEW DELHI, April 19 - India and France have resolved most of the �hitches� in the multi-billion Euro Rafale deal and the remaining issues will be cleared in the next DAC meet, scheduled to be held on Thursday, Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh said today.
He also defended the cost of the aircraft when a reporter questioned the estimated Rs 65,000 crore deal at a time when some people in the country were eating �rotis made of grass�, saying without the nation being secure, even that would not be possible.
The meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), the apex body of the Defence Ministry for procurement, is likely to take place on April 21, a day after Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar arrives here from his visit to China. � PTI
