Bengaluru, Sept. 18 -- Talking tough on delays in defence projects, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday that due to various technological reasons, "many of our technical projects face delays", with the need to take this seriously.

Singh was addressing a ceremony in Bengaluru marking the handover of LCA Tejas Trainer jets, HTT-40 Basic Trainer aircraft and Dhruv Next Generation (NG) civilian helicopters by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Pawan Hans Limited (PHL).

Rajnath Singh said, "There are several issues that we need to work on. One major issue among them is delay. These delays create gaps in our crucial projects. They also force us to deal with cost escalation. By the time we acquire e...