It can handle 16 cargo containers on the upper deck and was equipped with an eight-bed hospital, with laboratory and X-ray facilities.

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) questioned in 2010 why the order was not given to Rosoboronexport, which had offered to use military grade steel for the construction of the tankers.

The CAG also questioned the excess supply of spare parts worth $6 million (equivalent to $8,383,336 in 2023), and the inadequate purchases from Indian industry.

[8] India Today reported that the Defense Minister of the succeeding government, Manohar Parrikar, had ordered a probe into the matter.

[11] The same day, Kirit Somaiya, a MP on the Public Accounts Committee, demanded a probe into the matter.