NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION

 No-confidence Motion or Motion of No-confidence is one of different types of motions in Indian

Parliament
 The constitutional provision behind this motion is Article 75, which says that “Council of Ministers
shall be collectively responsible to the Lok Sabh”
 Thus, a council of ministers stays in office as long as it enjoys the confidence of majority of
the members of Lok Sabha.
 Lok Sabha can remove the ministry from office by passing motion of no-confidence by simple
majority.

Process of Non-confidence Motion in Lok Sabha

 Process of no-confidence motion is mentioned under Rule 198 of the Rules of Procedure and
conduct of Lok Sabha. Motion of No-confidence can be moved only in Lok Sabha.
 Rajya Sabha does not have power to entertain such motion since it decides the fate of a
popularly elected government.
 Such a motion can be moved by any member of the house.
 The member moving such motion is generally a member of opposition.
 The motion need support of at least 50 members to be admitted.
 The motion has to be passed by simple majority. If passed, the Union Council of Ministers
has to resign and government at center falls.
 There is no impact on health of the government if such motion is not passed.
 Motion
Under rule 198(b) of Chapter XVII of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Lok Sabha, I
hereby give notice to move the following motion in the house:
“This House expresses No-Confidence in the Council of Ministers”
over the non-transparent 7.87 billion Euros (Rs. 58,000 crores) Rafael deal between India and France.

Facts of the above mentioned deal:

 The Rafale was chosen in 2012 over rival offers from the United States, Europe and Russia. The
step was needed to upgrade India's ageing fleet. The original plan was that India would buy 18
off-the-shelf jets from France's Dassault Aviation, with 108 others being assembled in India by the
state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited or HAL in Bengaluru.
 The government, however, rowed back from the commitment of the lastUPA government to buy
126 Rafales, saying the twin-engined planes would be too expensive and the deal fell through
after nearly decade-long negotiations between India and France. There were a lot of hiccups over
costs of the aircraft.
 However, faced with the dipping number of fighters and a pressing need to upgrade the Indian
Air Force, Prime Minister intervened and decided to buy 36 "ready-to-fly" fighters instead of trying
to acquire technology from Dassault and make it in India.
 In September 2016, India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France, dubbed as
"Rafale deal", in which India will pay about Rs. 58,000 crore or 7.8 billion Euros for 36 off-the-shelf
Dassault Rafale twin-engine fighters. About 15 per cent of this cost is being paid in advance.

Allegations:

 We accuse the ruling government of non-transparency in the multi-billion-dollar deal and call it
"one of the biggest failures" of the 'Make-in-India' programme.
 Prime Minister carried out parallel negotiations with French government over Rafale, which
weakened the actual negotiations being done by Defence Ministry.
 Carrying a Defence Ministry note dated November 24, 2015; which was written by Defence
Secretary was brought to the notice of then Defence Minister and raised strong objections to
“parallel negotiations” conducted by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) with the French side;
Stating that it was clear that such parallel discussions by the PMO had “weakened the negotiating
position of MoD and Indian Negotiating Team
 The government has converted 'Make-in-India' into 'Make- in-France' by this unilateral Rafale
deal.
 The bidding process undertaken during the Congress government entailed that only 18 Rafale
aircraft would be purchased in fly away condition. Remaining 108 aircraft would be manufactured
under 'Transfer of Technology Agreement' by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.
This would have ensured 'Make-in-India' by creation of thousands of jobs and transfer of crucial
cutting-edge technology.
 The Anil Ambani-led Reliance Defence Limited had been unfairly picked to be the French Firm’s
Indian partner.
 We allege that the cost of each aircraft is three times more than what the previous UPA had
negotiated with France in 2012.
 The Government has caused "insurmountable loss" of taxpayers' money by signing the deal worth
Rs. 58,000 crores.

In the light of the above controversial deal, I, therefore, request you to include the motion in
revised list of business.