The LCA programme was started way back in 1983, but things got moving only when NDA was in power..now again its on the backburner and we are wasting money on russian flying coffins(Migs have proved it and now sukhoi will prove it). Its such a shame that India produces lakhs of engineers every year but cant produce ones which can build a jet...it may be difficult..but russians americans etc have done it..so its possible!