2g Loss Estimate

• Manmohan Singh Should've Taken a Stand: Former CAG Vinod Rai on 2G Scam

  Former Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai has alleged that ex-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed to check corruption duirng his tenure - most notably in 2G spectrum and coal blocks allocation. Mr Rai's estimates of massive losses in these scams had pushed the UPA government into a corner. In his soon-to-be-released book "Not Just an Accoun...

• 2G scam: Former auditor questions Rs 1.76 lakh crore loss figure

  Giving another twist to the 2G spectrum allocation controversy, former Director General of Audit in the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) RP Singh has questioned the CAG's estimates of presumptive loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore.

• Former CAG official questions Rs 1.76 lakh crore 2G spectrum loss

  Giving another twist to the 2G spectrum allocation controversy, former Comptroller and Auditor General official has questioned the CAG's estimates of presumptive loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore.

• Coal scam loss figure will also turn out to be mythical: Chidambaram

  After terming CAG's estimate of Rs 1.76 lakh crore loss in 2G spectrum allocation as a "myth", Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said the projected Rs 1.86 lakh crore loss in coal blocks allocation would also turn out to be a "mythical" and "fancy" number.

• 2G scam: JPC to continue Vinod Rai's cross-examination today

  The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) will today continue the cross-examination of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai on the estimate of losses in the 2G spectrum allocation.

• House panel members quiz CAG Vinod Rai over 2G loss estimates

  The government auditor today faced intense questioning on the estimation of losses in the 2G case from members, particularly Congress MP Manish Tewari, at the Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting in New Delhi.

• Did CAG hike 2G loss estimate?

  In a report submitted to the government last year, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India pegged the losses to the national exchequer due to the 2G spectrum allocation at a mind-boggling Rs. 1.76 lakh crore. But a letter accessed through Right to Information (RTI) Act now reveals that CAG could have hiked the 2G loss estimate.

• TRAI's letter to CBI: Can't estimate 2G losses due to licenses

  Here is the full text of the letter: