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2G spectrum scam: CAG report indicts Raja

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CIOL Bureau
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NEW DELHI, INDIA: Amidst the uproar over the 2G scam, more reports about the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the 2G spectrum allotment have started flowing in.

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Slamming A Raja for causing the government losses of around Rs. 1.76 lakh crore, the CAG report said “the Honourable Minister of Communication & IT, for no apparent logical or valid reasons, ignored the advice of Ministry of Law and Ministry of Finance”.

Quoting the report an NDTV report said that “the minister avoided the deliberations of the Telecom Commission to allocate 2G spectrum, a scarce finite national asset at less than its true value on flexible criteria and procedures adopted to benefit a few operators.”

According to a CNN-IBN report, the Telecom department sold out precious national assets cheaply while Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was a helpless spectator in the whole process.

Citing the CAG report, NDTV said that he Department of Telecom did not follow its own guidelines on eligibility conditions and altered conditions of the first come first served procedure. The CAG also said that the DoT gave unfair advantage to certain companies over others and created an environment which was not 'transparent and fair'.

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