Group 1

Aakriti Mishra – PGFA 1901

Ankush Birla – PGFA 1910
Gaurav Khatri – PGFA 1918
Monal Dey – PGFA 1928
Surbhi Sabharwal – PGFA 1957
 INDEX
• Case Background
• What happened, why it happened and magnitude of the event?
• Process and System failures
• Effects on stakeholders
• Unethical conduct of people involved
• Scam Prevention
• Conclusion
• Key takeaways from the course
 CASE BACKGROUND

In early 2013, an investigation in India began due to allegations of bribery and

corruption involving several senior officials and a helicopter manufacturer
AgustaWestland surrounding the purchase of new fleet of helicopters.
Several politicians and military officials have been accused of accepting bribes from
AgustaWestland in order to win ₹36 billion Indian contract for the supply of 12
AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters to ferry President, PM and VVIPs
 WHAT HAPPENED, WHY IT HAPPENED AND THE
MAGNITUDE OF EVENT?

The magnitude of event was such that it became a huge kickback defence controversy where in the role of former
PM Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, former defence minister AK Antony and former IAF chief SP Tyagi was put to
question.
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 PROCESS AND SYSTEM FAILURES

• Abhishek Verma was able to get the CCS clearance

• SP Tyagi was able to tweak the specification from 6000m to
4500m without getting questioned.
• Even with the non-bailable warrant many suspects were able
to get bail and tried to escape.
• The choppers were tested overseas and IAF norms were
neglected.
• It was the Italian Jurisdiction that helped India to know about
the scam.
• It took so much time to bring the name of Christian Mitchel.
• CAG should have performed its duty carefully.
 EFFECTS ON STAKEHOLDERS

UPA and BJP Government Indian Public

AgustaWestland Company Government Officials

 UNETHICAL CONDUCT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED

• SP Tyagi
• Docsa, Julie, Sandeep Tyagi
• Gautam Khaitan
• Christian Mitchel
• Carlo Gerosa and Guido Haschke
• AK Antony
• Sonia Gandhi and Ahmed Patel
 SCAM PREVENTION
• India should conclude extradition treaties with as many countries as possible by bilateral negotiations and
diplomacy.
• There should be a strict regulation that no one is allowed to abscond. The passport and their property
should be seized and defaulters should be looked for in a short period of time.
• Increase the transparency in every deal proper by information to leader of opposition (LOP) in parliament.
• Secret service agencies of country should keep a watch on Army Chiefs and Defence Minister in these
sensitive issues.
• File regular RTI’s related to expenditure of armed forces.
• Know who you are dealing with and keep a check on defence budget.
• Resist pressure in every situation and take time to know about the company and its origin and quality of
products produced.
• Bail should not be granted on a non-bailable warrant.
• The government can consider specialised officers who are equipped with financial and legal know how to
detect frauds and investigate scams at an early stage.
 CONSLUSION
Corruption in India has affected the economy in many ways. Many officials use their
position for the personal gain which is a major problem with today’s government.
Bribing was involved and it has been proved by the court. Rules were bent and
broken so that AW gets the deal. UPA ministers, bureaucrats, middlemen and
servicemen were involved in this scam. Again with this scam India has been exposed
to worldwide in respect of how corrupt our system is and as a nation our reputation
was hampered.
At the end India has been trying to get the evidences from all the sources and other
countries regarding this scam.

“THINGS GAINED THROUGH UNJUST FRAUD ARE NEVER SECURE”

KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE COURSE

Discussions were held that exposed us to contrasting ethical

opinions and helped us to understand the reasons behind the
differences.
The key takeaways from the course will be:
• Ethics makes you more successful
• Ethics allows you to cultivate inner peace.
• What we do cannot always be justified by good intentions.
THANK YOU