Know what Cameron is helping Modi with

Guess who has applauded PM Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative now? It is British Prime Minister David Cameron. According to a recent Economic Times report, the man has not only praised India's initiative to become a global manufacturing hub, but has also offered technological assistance to achieve its targets, including in developing its "own world class fighter aircraft" that is "better than Rafale."

In the financial daily, Cameron was quoted saying, "The British offer of Eurofighter Typhoon to India is still on table." He further added that "It will come along with technological and engineering assistance for India to develop its own world class fighter aircraft. It will be a better deal than Rafale."

Cameron made this offer while commenting on India’s recent decision to buy Rafale fighters from France over the Eurofighter Typhoon of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS).

For those unaware, PM Modi Modi had agreed to buy 36 Rafale fighter aircraft off the shelf during his 3-day official visit to France. ET reports that this was part of a $24 billion defence deal for 126 aircraft aiming to replace outdated Russian-built MiG aircraft with modern Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA).

This deal, however, is under cloud as France is reportedly hesitant to share the technology to build the remaining lot of Rafale in India.