The Defence Minister, Mr. A.K.Antony today said Tatra trucks were purchased to meet the special needs of the Indian Army but no vehicle had been procured from the company after 2008. The Defence Minister told the Lok Sabha that the Government had decided in 1997 to sign a contract with Tatra.

In 2003, another contract was signed with the company. He said, the Government is spending the whole budget on defence procurements. Replying to a question on Army Chief General V.K.Singh writing to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh on shortage of arms and ammunition, Mr. Antony said, the Army, Navy and the Air Force Chiefs writing to the Defence Minister is nothing new.