New Delhi rang in the new year with a rancorous debate over the Rafale jet deal that rocked Parliament. The spectre of Rafale continues to haunt the country’s political discourse. While the deal itself has undergone immense scrutiny and analysis, it would behove us to move past politics and peek into the heart of the matter — the nature of the defence sector in India. The central and state governments regularly invest thousands of crores in equipment, goods and services from both domestic and fo ..