Cag On Coal

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  Government Says Coal Auction To Get Rs 3.45 Lakh Crore

  Auction of coal blocks being done will bring Rs 3.45 lakh crore to the country's kitty and Rs 36,500 crore would be saved on account of checking leakages through the direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme for LPG subsidy, the government said on Sunday.

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  Government Asks Previous Mines Allottees to Clear Stock by April 8

  The government order follows auction of 33 mines in two tranches through which it garnered a massive Rs 2 lakh crore, surpassing CAG's estimates of a loss of Rs 1.86 lakh crore to the exchequer on account of allocation without auction.

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  Government Makes Over 3-Lakh Crore From Coal and Spectrum Sale; Government Auditor's Estimates Surpassed

  The auction kitty from sale of coal mines and telecom spectrum on Monday swelled to over Rs 3 lakh crore -- exceeding all estimates including by CAG for value of such resources, which have been at the centre of two major scams in the recent years.

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  Don't Look to Make Headlines, Says Finance Minister to State Auditor

  On Wednesday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley cautioned the Comptroller and Auditor General of India or CAG not to sensationalise its findings.

• Don't Look to Make Headlines, Says Finance Minister to State Auditor

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday asked the CAG not to sensationalise its findings to get into headlines, a view the Congress party had voiced in the past after huge notional losses were projected in reports on 2G and coal allocation scams.

• 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...

• No Comment, Says Manmohan Singh on Former CAG Vinod Rai's Criticism

  Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is sticking to his famous silence regarding former national auditor Vinod Rai's remarks on him over 2G scam and Coalgate. Asked about Mr Rai's criticism, Dr Singh today said, "I don't want to comment on what other people say".

• 'Manmohan Singh Can't Claim Ignorance': BJP on Former CAG Vinod Rai's Remarks

  The comments made by former CAG Vinod Rai against the previous UPA government and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has led to a barrage of political reactions. While Congress, which led the UPA government, has criticised Mr Rai, other parties are demanding answers from Dr Singh.

• Congress Slams Vinod Rai, Calls His Remarks 'Latest Bout of Sensationalism'

  The Congress has hit out at former Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai for his comments in a national daily that quotes him as saying that he was "pressured" by the UPA to drop certain names from his reports on the coal block allocation and the Commonwealth Games scam.

• The government's auditor (CAG) does not leak reports: Vinod Rai

  The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, Vinod Rai, who retires tomorrow, dismissed charges that he was behind the leak of controversial audit reports on 2G spectrum and coal block allocations.

• Zee editor Sudhir Chaudhary's plea for anticipatory bail rejected

  A Delhi court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Zee News editor Sudhir Chaudhary in a fresh case registered against him by the Delhi Police for telecasting a show allegedly on the basis of forged documents against Jindal Group in connection with coal block allocation scam.

• Placing reports in Parliament can't be CAG's only role: Vinod Rai

  Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai, whose reports on losses from 2G spectrum and coal block allocations sparked allegations of massive corruption in the government, has said that the role of a public auditor cannot be confined to merely placing reports in Parliament.

• Police register case of forgery against Zee in Naveen Jindal extortion case

  Delhi Police has registered a case against Zee News for allegedly showing forged annexure of a CAG report on coal block allocation, a charge dismissed by the channel as a "figment of imagination, mala fide and oppressive".

• Government wants to make national auditor CAG its private agent, says Arvind Kejriwal

  The opposition and anti-corruption campaigner Arvind Kejriwal has accused the government of conspiring to undermine the office of the national auditor or CAG, whose reports on telecom and coal have led to embarrassing controversies and allegations of graft for the government.

• Examining the CAG report is not our domain, says Supreme Court

  Reiterating its position, the Supreme Court on Friday said that it cannot examine a challenge to the Comptroller and Auditor's (CAG) report.