India signs $7.4 billion deal with France to buy 26 Rafale fighter jets

FILE PHOTO: Rafale fighter jet taxis on the tarmac during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo

(Reuters) - India signed a deal with France on Monday to buy 26 Rafale fighter aircraft worth 630 billion rupees ($7.41 billion) for its navy, an official from the Indian defense ministry told Reuters.

($1 = 84.9950 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Shivam Patel and Surbhi Misra; Editing by YP Rajesh and Bernadette Baum)