The best for India actually would be, if we had 2 seperate evaluations for manufacturers. One for the foreign howitzers, based on capability, ToT and offsets, the other one for indian companies that wants to produce the winning SPH in India, based on cheap production costs, quality of production and timely delivery estimates. By letting the companies choose their partners, we miss the chance to get the best, since KMW for example has a JV "only" with Ashok Leyland and can't team up with Tata anymore, which might have been able to to provide a better wheeled platform, or to produce cheaper and faster than Ashok Leyland.