This is not defense of HAL. Rafale deal being signed or not does not change the fact that HAL takes more money to manufacture the same jet despite lower wages here in India. You can't troll your way out of this issue by deflecting it to other crap like you always do in other forum. So don't post crap
ok lets use logic and facts
russian offered india Su30
India evolved that into Su30MKI so first understand what is different in them
1st the russian aircraft comparable to Su30MKI is Su30SM
do you know that
1. SU30MKI means customised for india ?
it means India chooses the a lot of third country (isreal / french) systems that are fitted into the Su30MKI
now when russia makes Su30 it uses its own systems
when india chooses Isreali / french systems the costing is definitly going to go up because those are extra
2. when russia supplies SU30MKI kits to inida they already earn thier profit
when India licensce builds them there is licensing costs i.e. russian OEM profits + HAL profits
3. When Russia Builds them at thier plant the plant & R&D costs is amortised over a larger fleet (russian Su30 variants + Indian order) so those per unit overheads are lower
But when india build them at HAL the plant amortisation overheads per unit are higher
4. consider the effect of taxes - there is incidence of something around 25% of total costs as taxes to be paid (excise + VAT) for Su30MKI built in India
now adjust all those figures then come back with the real difference that HAL inefficiency makes to the pricing