In a major setback on Rs. 3600crore VVIP Chopper Deal Scandal, the Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai will now take the charge of the controversial procurement of helicopters by the government’s department of defence. Read more
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Congress-BJP CAG’s 2G Row: demand for probe is just to defame report , MM Joshi
Amid twisted declaration by Ex-CAG official RP Singh on 2G spectrum that BJP leader and PAC Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi had influenced the report, Congress- led UPA attacked with a demand of probe against BJP leader Mr. Joshi, ask to clarify the allegations.
RP Singh’s statement declared today’s early morning that the CAG’s 2G report which figured Rs. 1.76 cr losses was not his report as the loss in the report was added back despite having been deleted by him from draft. Read more
Ex-CAG official denied 2G report, says it’s not mine
Hitting a twist in 2G scam, the author of the 2G CAG’s report that estimated presumptive loss of Rs. 1.76 lakh crore, has came in front of media and said that it is not his report as his report not contain with any loss , he was just told to sign on it.
“After completing the audit of ministry of telecom, which was under my direct charge, I prepared a draft audit report covering each and every aspect … My report did not contain any loss figure,” former director general of Comptroller and Auditor General, RP Singh said.
He also claimed that there were Rs. 37,000 crore recovering from those holding excess spectrum which he had mentioned in his report. Read more
2G Spectrum Flopped, Where are those Rs 1.76 lakh crore?, Sibal asks
Denied to comment over CAG’s estimated loss figure of Rs 1.76 lakh crore for the “shuttering” of the spectrum in telecom sector on first-come-first-serve service in 2008, the Indian government announced to set next spectrum auctions bids by March-end.
This time auction would be followed for those telecom areas which have not come in this week’s worset flop event of telecom mobile spectrum, such as Delhi and Mumbai and price will be decided very soon by an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM). Read more