The Defence Ministry's DAC (Defence Acquisition Council) approved for the procurement of 83 indigenous Tejas fighter jets for IAF (Indian Air Force) with the more advanced arrangement. The suggestion will be forward for the approval of the CCS (Cabinet Committee on Security).

®  The procurement of fighter jets will be the most important boost to make in India.

®  The aircraft is indigenously intended, developed and contrived by HAL and several local vendors.

®  HAL's eighty-three fighter jets are of the more advanced Mk1A version of the aircraft.

®  The predictable cost of the aircraft is Rs.39,000 crores.

®  Earlier, Government of India has placed an order of 40 Tejas aircraft with HAL in initial configurations.

®  With this procurement, Indian Air Force aims to meet the requirements of its squadron numbers and modernize its inventory with fourth-generation plus and fifth-generation aircraft.