India has license for RD-33 but if they want to upgrade to upgraded RD-93MA which is now 5G engine the price can be higher.Should've just put a Russian engine and be done with it. One RD-33 would've been enough, about the same output as the F404. Or a more powerful R-29.
India has interactions with Gulf Monarchies but fail to learn from them about buying US weopons.Being so close to Pakistan, should have learned easily that everything from the US comes with strings attached / manipulation is guaranteed unless you can provide major value (i.e. w/ Pakistan: Soviet + later NATO Invasion of Afghanistan).
thats the complexity of Soft Power you can observe it but cannot learn. India additional mistake is buying Rafale without thinking about New Europe.