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2G spectrum scam
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The 2G spectrum scandal involved officials in the government of India illegally undercharging mobile telephony companies for
frequency allocation licenses, which they would use to create 2G subscriptions for cell phones. The shortfall between the money
collected and the money which the law mandated to be collected is estimated to be 176,645 crore (US$38.86 billion) as valued
by Comptroller and Auditor General of India based on 3G and BWA spectrum auction prices which held in 2010.
[1]
However the
exact loss is disputed, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) pegged the loss at 30,984.55 crore (US$6.82 billion) in its first
charge sheet filed on 2 April 2011,
[2]
whereas Telecom Regulatory Authority of India in a response to CBI's query said that the
Govt. has actually gained 3,000 crore (US$660 million) by selling the spectrum.
[2]
Kapil Sibal, minister for communications &
IT, said in a press conference that there was no loss caused by selling 2G licenses.
[3]
However in September 2011, CBI argued
before the Supreme Court that it was unsafe to read a "no loss" conclusion in the telecom regulator's calculations on irregular
spectrum allotment as the methodology adopted admittedly did not take into account the market mechanism.
[4]
All the
speculations of profit, loss and no-loss were put to rest when on 2 February 2012 the Supreme Court of India delivered
judgement. The Supreme Court declared the allotment of spectrum as "unconstitutional and arbitrary" and quashed all the 122
licenses issued during tenure of A. Raja, the main accused in the 2G scam case.
[5]
The court further said that A. Raja "wanted to
favour some companies at the cost of the public exchequer" and "virtually gifted away important national asset".
[6]
The issuing of licenses occurred in 2008, but the scam came to public notice when the Indian Income Tax Department was
investigating political lobbyist Nira Radia. The government's investigation and the government's reactions to the findings in the
investigation were the subject of debate, as were the nature of the Indian media's reactions. Much of the credit of bringing this
whole scam into the public light (by pursuing it in the court of law) goes to Subramanian Swamy who is the chief petitioner for this
case in the court of law.
[7][8]
In 2011, Time magazine listed the scam at number two on their Top 10 Abuses of Power list (just behind the Watergate
scandal).
[9][10][11]
Contents
1 Background
2 Parties accused of involvement
2.1 Politicians accused
2.2 Bureaucrats accused
2.3 Corporate executives accused
2.4 Film and entertainment persons accused
2.5 Corporations accused
2.6 Media persons' dubious role
3 Chronology of events and investigation
4 Licenses quashed
4.1 Telecom companies affected by cancellation of licenses
4.2 After effects of Supreme Court's verdict
5 Response to scam
6 External links
7 See also
8 References
Background
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India is divided into 22 telecoms zones and there are a total 281 zonal licences in the market.
[12]
According to the telecom policy
of India, when a licence is allotted to an operator some start-up spectrum is bundled along with it.
[13]
The policy does not have a
provision for auctioning the spectrum.
[14]
In year 2008, 122 new second generation (2G) Universal Access Service (UAS)
licenses were given to telecom companies at the price of 2001 and on first come first serve basis. As per the chargesheet filled by
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) several rules were violated and bribes were paid to favour certain firms while awarding 2G
spectrum licenses. The audit report of Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) says that several licenses were issued to
firms with no prior experience in the telecom sector or were ineligible or had suppressed relevant facts.
[12]
In November 2007
Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh had written a letter to telecom minister A. Raja directing him to ensure allotment of
2G spectrum in a fair and transparent manner and to ensure license fee was properly revised. Raja wrote back to the Prime
Minister rejecting many of his recommendations.
[15]
. In the same month Ministry of Finance wrote a letter to Department of
Telecommunications (DOT) raising concerns over the procedure adopted by it
[15]
but DOT went ahead with its plan of giving 2G
licenses. It preponed the cut-off date to 25 September, from 1 October 2007.
[15]
Later on the same day, DoT posted an
announcement on its website saying those who apply between 3.30 and 4.30 pm on that very day would be issued licences in
accordance with the said policy.
[15]
Companies like Unitech & Swan Telecom got licenses without any prior telecom
experience.
[14]
Swan Telecom got the license even though it did not meet eligibility criteria.
[14]
Swan got license for
1,537 crore (US$338.14 million) and then it sold 45% stake to UAE based company Etisalat for
4,200 crore (US$924 million).
[14]
Unitech Wireless, a subsidiary of the Unitech Group, got license for
1,661 crore (US$365.42 million) and later sold 60% stake for 6,200 crore (US$1.36 billion) to Norway based company
Telenor.
[14]
Following is the list of companies who got the 122 2G licenses during the tenure of A. Raja as Telecom Minister.
[16][17]
(The
licenses were later quashed by Supreme Court)
[18][19]
Name of
Company
Telecom regions for which license
was granted
Number
of
license
granted
Remarks
Adonis Projects
Pvt. Ltd.
Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu
& Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar
Pradesh (East)
6
Adonis Projects, Nahan Properties, Aska Projects,
Volga Properties, Azare Properties & Hudson Properties
were acquired by Unitech. Unitech Infrastructure and
Unitech Builders & Estates were already subsidiaries of
Unitech Group. So in 2008 Unitech had 22 2G licenses.
Later in the same year Norway based company Telenor
bought majority stake in the telecom company from the
Unitech Group. Now it offers services under Uninor
brand holding 22 pan India licences.
Nahan
Properties Pvt.
Ltd.
Assam, Bihar, North East, Orissa,
Uttar Pradesh (East), West Bengal
6
Aska Projects
Ltd.
Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka 3
Volga
Properties Pvt.
Ltd.
Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra
3
Azure
Properties Ltd.
Kolkata 1
Hudson
Properties
Delhi 1
Unitech Builders
& Estates Pvt.
Ltd.
Tamil Nadu (including Chennai) 1
Unitech
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Infrastructures
Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai 1
Loop Telecom
Pvt. Ltd.
Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal, Pradesh,
Kerala, Kolkata, Punjab, Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh (East), Uttar Pradesh
(West), West Bengal, Andhra
Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka,
Maharashtra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu
(including Chennai), Assam, Jammu &
Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, North
East
21
Datacom
Solutions Pvt.
Ltd.
Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,
Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka,
Kerala, Kolkata, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, North East, Orissa,
Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu (including
Chennai), Uttar Pradesh (East), Uttar
Pradesh (West), West Bengal, Delhi,
Mumbai
21
Operates under brand name Videocon
Telecommunications Limited
Shyam Telelink
Limited
Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Kolkata,
Punjab, Uttar Pradesh (East), Uttar
Pradesh (West), West Bengal,
Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana,
Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa,
Tamil Nadu (including Chennai),
Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, North
East
17
Shyam Telelink Limited & Shyani Telelink Limited
operate together with their combined 21 licenses. During
late 2008 Russia based group Sistema bought majority
stake in the telecom company and now they operate
under brand name MTS India.
Shyani Telelink
Limited
Mumbai, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal
Pradesh
4
Swan Telecom
Pvt. Ltd.
Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana,
Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra,
Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu
(including Chennai), Uttar Pradesh
(East), Uttar Pradesh (West), Delhi,
Mumbai
13
In 2008, Swan Telecom merged itself with Allianz
Infratech (P) Ltd. During late 2008 Abu Dhabi's Etisalat
bought about 45 percent of the company and renamed it
to Etisalat DB Telecom
Allianz Infratech
(P) Ltd.
Bihar, Madhya Pradesh 2
Idea Cellular
Assam, Punjab, Karnataka, Jammu
and Kashmir, North East, Kolkata,
West Bengal, Orissa, Tamil Nadu
(including Chennai)
9
Idea Cellular bought Spice Communications Ltd. in 2008
for an amount of 2,700 crore (US$594 million).
[20]
So
out of 122 spectrum licenses sold in 2008 Idea Cellular
owns 13 licenses
Spice
Communications
Ltd.
Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana,
Maharashtra
4
In January 2009, Bahrain Telecommunications signed a
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S Tel
Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Orissa,
North East, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh
6
deal with S Tel to buy 49% shares in S Tel for $225
million. C Sivasankaran owns the remaining (51%)
share.
[21][22]
. In May 2009, Sahara Group bought
11.7% stake in S Tel
[23]
Tata
Teleservices
Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, North
East
3
In late 2008 promoters of Tata Teleservices sold 26%
equity stake to a Japanese telecom giant NTT Docomo
for about 13,070 crore (US$2.88 billion) or an
enterprise value of 50,269 crore (US$11.06 billion).
[24]
Parties accused of involvement
The selling of the licenses brought attention to three groups of entities politicians and bureaucrats who had the authority to sell
licenses, corporations who were buying the licenses and media professionals who mediated between the politicians and the
corporations.
Politicians accused
Politicians named as accused in the chargesheet filed by CBI in the Special CBI Court ,allegations levelled against them by CBI
and charges framed against them by the Special CBI court.
[25][26][27][28]
A. Raja :
Political career - Political party DMK, 4 times MP, present constituency Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, former Union
Minister of State (Rural Development - 1999), former Union Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare - 2003),
former Union Cabinet Minister (Environment & Forests - 2004), former Union Cabinet Minister (Communication
and Information Technology - 2007 & 2009)
[29][30][31][32]
Allegation - In a joint investigation report prepared by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement
Directorate (ED) the agencies allege that A.Raja could have received 3,000 crore (US$660 million) as bribe for
bringing forward the cut-off date for applications for spectrum from the initial 1 October 2007 to 25 September
2007.
[33][34]
The deadline switch eliminated many applications, enabling Raja to favour a few with spectrum.
[33][34]
The agencies also alleged that he used bank accounts under his wife's name in Mauritius and Seychelles to chanelise
the kickbacks he received.
[35]
A chargesheet filed by CBI alleges that Raja conspired with the accused, subverted
the first-come first-served (FCFS) policy and waywardly redefined it to ensure that Swan and Unitech got 2G
licences.
[36]
He didnt auction the 2G spectrum or adopt some other market-determined methodology to determine
its real valuation and instead benchmarked it to a rate discovered in 2001, when the telecom sector was at a nascent
stage.
[36]
Charges - Criminal breach of trust by a public servant under section 409, criminal conspiracy under section 120-B,
cheating under section 420 & forgery under sections 468 and 471. Booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act
for accepting illegal gratification.
[25][37][38]
Status - Taken into custody (arrested) by CBI on 2 February 2011
[39]
and lodged in Tihar Jail since then (a of
Feba 2012)
[40]
Never applied for bail.
[41][40]
As of February 2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI
Court.
[42]
M. K. Kanimozhi :
Political career - Daughter of 5 time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi. Political party DMK. She is an
MP, representing Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of Indian Parliament).
[43][44]
Allegation - As per the chargesheet filed by CBI Kanimozhi has 20% stake in her family owned Kalaignar TV, her
step-mother Dayalu Ammal owns 60% stake in the same channel.
[45]
CBI alleges that Kanimozhi was an "active
brain" behind the channel's operations
[45]
and she worked along with former telecom minister A. Raja to get DB
Realty promoter Shahid Balwa to circuitously route 200 crore (US$44 million) to Kalaignar TV.
[46]
According to
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CBI, Kanimozhi was in regular touch with A Raja regarding launching of Kalaignar TV channel and its other pending
works.
[46]
CBI alleges that A Raja was further pursuing the cause of Kalaignar TV not only for getting registration of
the company from Ministry of Information and Broadcasting but also for getting it in the DTH operator TATA Sky's
bouquet.
[46]
Charges - Criminal conspiracy to cause criminal breach of trust by a public servant, criminal conspiracy under
section 120-B, cheating under section 420 & forgery under sections 468 and 471. Booked under the Prevention of
Corruption Act.
[25][37]
.
Status - Taken into custody (arrested) by CBI on 20 May 2011.
[47][48]
Granted bail on 28 November 2011 after
spending 188 days in judicial custody.
[49][50]
As of February 2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.
[42]
Bureaucrats accused
Bureaucrats named as accused in the chargesheet filed by CBI in the Special CBI Court, allegations levelled against them by CBI
and charges framed against them by the Special CBI court.
[25][26][27][28]
Siddharth Behura :
Designation - Telecom Secretary when licenses were granted.
[25][51]
Allegation - According to the chargesheet filed by CBI, Behura conspired with A. Raja & several other accused.
CBI alleges that when the application deadline time was declared as between 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM, Behura allegedly
shut counters to physically block other telecom companies.
[14]
Charges - Criminal breach of trust by a public servant under section 409, criminal conspiracy under section 120-B,
cheating under section 420 & forgery under sections 468 and 471. Booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act
for accepting illegal gratification.
[25][52]
Status - Taken into custody (arrested) by CBI on 2 February 2011
[39]
and lodged in Tihar jail since then (a of
eal Feba 2012).
[53]
Applied for bail a number of times but every time bail got rejected.
[53]
As of February
2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.
[42]
RK Chandolia :
Designation Raja's private secretary when licenses were granted.
[25][54]
Allegation - As per the charsheet filed by CBI, like Behura, Chandolia too conspired with A. Raja and several
other accused. The agency alleges that when the application deadline time was declared as between 3:30 PM to
4:30 PM, Chandolia along with Behura allegedly shut counters to physically block other telecom companies.
[14]
Charges - Criminal conspiracy to cause criminal breach of trust by a public servant, criminal conspiracy under
section 120 B, cheating under section 420 & forgery under sections 468 and 471. Booked under the Prevention of
Corruption Act
[25]
Status - Taken into custody (arrested) by CBI on 2 February 2011.
[39]
Granted bail by the special CBI court 1
December 2011 but on 2 December 2011 High Court took suo motu notice of newspaper reports of the bail
granted to Chandolia and stayed it.
[53]
Chandolia appealed against High Court order in Supreme Court and on 2
January 2012 the apex court extended interim stay on High Court's order.
[55]
As of February 2012, trial is being
conducted in Special CBI Court.
[42]
Corporate executives accused
Corporates named as accused in the chargesheet filed by CBI in the Special Court and charges framed against them by the
Special CBI court.
[25][26][27][28]
Sanjay Chandra
Designation - Former MD, Unitech Wireless
[25]
Charges - Criminal conspiracy to cause criminal breach of trust by a public servant, criminal conspiracy under
section 120-B, cheating under section 420 & forgery under sections 468 and 471. Booked under the Prevention of
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Corruption Act
[25]
Status - Taken into custody by CBI on 20 April 2011,
[56][57]
granted bail on 24 November 2011.
[58]
As of
February 2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.
[42]
Gautam Doshi :
Designation - Group MD, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
[25]
Charges - Criminal conspiracy to cause criminal breach of trust by a public servant, criminal conspiracy under
section 120-B, cheating under section 420 & forgery under sections 468 and 471. Booked under the Prevention of
Corruption Act
[25]
Status - Taken into custody by CBI on 20 April 2011,
[56]
granted bail on 24 November 2011.
[58]
As of February
2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.
[42]
Hari Nair :
Designation - Senior Vice-President, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
[25]
Charges - Criminal conspiracy to cause criminal breach of trust by a public servant, criminal conspiracy under
section 120-B, cheating under section 420 & forgery under sections 468 and 471.Booked under the Prevention of
Corruption Act
[25]
Status - Taken into custody by CBI on 20 April 2011,
[56]
granted bail on 24 November 2011.
[58]
As of February
2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.
[42]
Surendra Pipara :
Designation - Senior vice- President, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
[25]
Charges - Criminal conspiracy to cause criminal breach of trust by a public servant, criminal conspiracy under
section 120-B, cheating under section 420 & forgery under sections 468 and 471. Booked under the Prevention of
Corruption Act
[25]
Status - Taken into custody by CBI on 20 April 2011,
[56]
granted bail on 24 November 2011.
[58]
As of February
2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.
[42]
Vinod Goenka :
Designation - Promoter and Managing Director, DB Realty & Swan Telecom
[25]
Charges - Criminal conspiracy to cause criminal breach of trust by a public servant, criminal conspiracy under
section 120 B, cheating under section 420, forgery under sections 468 and 471, fabrication of evidence under
section 193. Booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act
[25]
Status - Taken into custody by CBI on 20 April 2011,
[56]
granted bail on 24 November 2011.
[58]
As of February
2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.
[42]
Shahid Balwa :
Designation Promoter, DB Realty & Swan Telecom
[25]
Charges - Criminal conspiracy to cause criminal breach of trust by a public servant Criminal conspiracy under
section 120-B, cheating under section 420, forgery under sections 468 and 471 & fabrication of evidence under
section 193. Booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
[25]
Status - Taken into custody by CBI on 8 February 2011,
[59]
granted bail on 29 November 2011.
[60]
As of
February 2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.
[42]
Asif Balwa (onge bohe of Shahid Bala) :
Designation Director, Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables
[25]
Charges - Criminal conspiracy to cause criminal breach of trust by a public servant, criminal conspiracy under
section 120-B, cheating under section 420, forgery under sections 468 and 471 & fabrication of evidence under
section 193. Booked under Prevention of Corruption Act
[25]
Status - Taken into custody by CBI on 29 March 2011,
[61]
granted bail on 28 November 2011.
[62]
As of February
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[42]
Rajiv Agarwal :
Designation - Director, Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables
[25]
Charges - Criminal conspiracy to cause criminal breach of trust by a public servant, criminal conspiracy under
section 120-B, cheating under section 420, forgery under sections 468 and 471, fabrication of evidence under
section 193. Booked under Prevention of Corruption Act
[25]
Status - Taken into custody by CBI on 29 March 2011,
[61]
granted bail on 28 November 2011.
[62]
As of February
2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.
[42]
Sharath Kumar
Designation Managing Director, Kalaignar TV
[25]
Charges - Criminal conspiracy to cause criminal breach of trust by a public servant, criminal conspiracy under
section 120-B, cheating under section 420, forgery under sections 468 and 471 & fabrication of evidence under
section 193. Booked under Prevention of Corruption Act
[25]
Status - Taken into custody by CBI on 20 May 2011,
[63]
granted bail on 28 November 2011.
[64]
As of February
2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.
[42]
Ravi Ruia :
Designation - Vice Chairman, Essar Group
[25]
Charges - Criminal conspiracy under section 120 B & cheating under section 420 of Indian Penal Code.
[25]
Status - Not taken into custody as yet.
[65]
As of February 2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.
[42]
Anshuman Ruia :
Designation - Diector, Essar Group
[25]
Charges - Criminal conspiracy under section 120 B & cheating under section 420 of Indian Penal Code.
[25]
Status - Not taken into custody as yet.
[65]
As of February 2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.
[42]
Vikas Saraf :
Designation - Director for strategy and planning, Essar Group
[25]
Charges - Criminal conspiracy under section 120 B & cheating under section 420 of Indian Penal Code.
[25]
Status - Not taken into custody as yet.
[65]
As of February 2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.
[42]
IP Khaitan :
Designation - Promotor, Loop Telecom
[25]
Charges - Criminal conspiracy under section 120 B & cheating under section 420 of Indian Penal Code.
[25]
Status - Not taken into custody as yet.
[65]
As of February 2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.
[42]
Kiran Khaitan :
Designation - Promotor, Loop Telecom
[25]
Charges - Criminal conspiracy under section 120 B & cheating under section 420 of Indian Penal Code.
[66]
Status - Not taken into custody as yet.
[65]
As of February 2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.
[42]
Film and entertainment persons accused
Karim Morani :
Designation - (Promoter and Director, Cineyug Films)
[25]
Allegation - In the chargesheet filed by CBI the agency alleged that Karim Morani owned Cineyug Films was a part
of the circuitous route used by another accuse Shahid Balwa to transfer illegal gratification
[67]
of
200 crore (US$44 million) to Kalaignar TV of which Kanimozhi, was a director.
[67]
According to the chargesheet,
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Shahid Balwa and Vinod Goenka, promoters of DB Realty transferred 209.25 crore (US$46.04 million) to
Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables of which Shahid Balwa's younger brother Asif Balwa was a director.
[67][68]
Kusegaon Fruits & Vegetables then transferred a sum of 200 crore (US$44 million) to Cineyug Films whose
promoter Karim Morani transferred it to Kalaignar TV
[67]
Charges - Criminal conspiracy to cause criminal breach of trust by a public servant, criminal conspiracy under
section 120-B, cheating under section 420, forgery under sections 468 and 471, fabrication of evidence under
section 193. Booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act
[25]
Status - Taken into custody by CBI on 30 May 2011,
[69]
granted bail on 28 November 2011.
[64]
As of February
2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.
[42]
Corporations accused
Companies named in the chargesheet filed by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Special court and charges framed
against them.
[25][27][28][26]
Unitech Wireless :
Charges - Criminal conspiracy to cause criminal breach of trust by a public servant, criminal conspiracy under
section 120-B, cheating under section 420 & forgery under sections 468 and 471. Booked under the Prevention of
Corruption Act.
[25]
Status - As of February 2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.
[42]
Reliance Telecom :
Charges - Criminal conspiracy to cause criminal breach of trust by a public servant, criminal conspiracy under
section 120-B, cheating under section 420, forgery under sections 468 and 471. Booked under the Prevention of
Corruption Act
[25]
Status - As of February 2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.
[42]
Swan Telecom :
Charges - Criminal conspiracy to cause criminal breach of trust by a public servant, criminal conspiracy under
section 120-B, cheating under section 420, forgery under sections 468 and 471. Booked under the Prevention of
Corruption Act
[25]
Status - As of February 2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.
[42]
Other companies named in the chargesheet are:
[70][71][72]
Loop Telecom Pvt Ltd
Loop Mobile India Ltd
Essar Tele Holding
Essar (Paen gop of Ea Tele Holding)
Media persons' dubious role
Main aicle : Radia ape conoe
Media sources such as OPEN and Outlook reported that two senior journalists Barkha Dutt (Gop Edio of NDTV) and Vir
Sanghvi (Edioial Dieco of Hindan Time) knew that corporate lobbyist Nira Radia was influencing the decisions of
appointment of telecom minister. Radia wanted A Raja to be made telecom minister.
[73]
The two magazines made public the
telephone conversations between Nira Radia, Barkha Dutt & Vir Sanghvi.
[74][75]
Radia's phones were being tapped by Income
Tax department. Critics allege that Barkha Dutt and Vir Sanghvi knew about nexus between government and the media industry
but still they supported this corrupt activity and suppressed news reporting the discovery of the corrupt practice.
[73]
However
these people were not named as accused in the chargesheet filed by CBI.
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Chronology of events and investigation
May 2007: A Raja takes over as Telecom Minister.
[76]
August 2007: Process of allotment of 2G spectrum for telecom along with Universal Access Service (UAS) Licences
initiated by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).
25 September 2007: Telecom Ministry issues press note fixing deadline for application as 1 October 2007.
1 October 2007: DoT receives 575 applications for UAS licences of 46 companies.
[77]
2 November 2007: The Prime Minister writes to Raja directing him to ensure allotment of 2G spectrum in a fair and
transparent manner and to ensure that licence fee was properly revised. Raja writes back to the Prime Minister rejecting
many of his recommendations.
22 November 2007: Finance Ministry writes to DoT raising concerns over the procedure adopted by it. Demand for
review rejected.
10 1anuary 2008: DoT decides to issue licences on first-come-first-serve basis, preponing the cut-off date to 25
September, from 1 October 2007. Later on the same day, DoT posted an announcement on its website saying those who
apply between 3.30 pm and 4.30 pm would be issued licences in accordance with the said policy.
[78][79]
2008: Swan Telecom, Unitech and Tata Teleservices sell off a part of their stakes at much higher rates to Etisalat, Telenor
and DoCoMo, respectively.
[80][81][82]
4 May 2009: An NGO Telecom Watchdog files complaint to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) on the illegalities in
the spectrum allocation to Loop Telecom.
19 May 2009: Another complaint was filed to the CVC by Arun Agarwal, highlighting grant of spectrum to Swan Telecom
at throwaway prices.
2009: CVC directs CBI to investigate the irregularities in allocation of 2G spectrum.
1 1uly 2009: Delhi HC holds advancing of cut-off date as illegal on a petition of telecom company S-Tel.
[83]
21 October 2009: CBI registers a case and files an FIR against unknown officers of DoT and unknown private
persons/companies under various provisions of IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act.
22 October 2009: CBI raids DoT offices.
[84][85][86]
16 November 2009: CBI seeks details of tapped conversation of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia to find out involvement of
middlemen in the grant of spectrum to telecom companies.
13 March 2010: SC upholds Delhi HC verdict on cut off date advancement as illegal
[87][88]
31 March 2010: CAG says that there was large scale irregularities in the spectrum allocation.
2 April 2010: CBI DIG (Investigations) Vineet Agarwal and DG I-T (Investigations) Milap Jain, who were investigating the
case, transferred.
[89]
6 May 2010: Telephonic conversation between Raja and Niira Radia made public by the media.
[90]
May, 2010: NGO Centre for Public Interest litigation moves the Delhi High Court seeking investigation into the scam by
SIT or CBI.
25 May 2010: Delhi HC dismisses the petition.
August 2010: Appeal filed in the Supreme Court against the High Courts order.
18 August 2010: HC refuses to direct the Prime Minister to decide on a complaint by Janata Party chief Swamy seeking
sanction to prosecute Raja for his involvement in 2G scam.
13 September 2010: SC asks government, Raja to reply within 10 days to three petitions filed by CPIL and others
alleging there was a 70,000 crore (US$15.4 billion) scam in the grant of telecom licences in 2008.
24 September 2010: Swamy moves SC seeking direction to the PM to sanction prosecution of Raja.
27 September 2010: Enforcement Directorate informs SC of probe against firms suspected to have violated FEMA. Says
cant deny or confirm now Rajas involvement in the scam.
8 October 2010: SC asks government to respond to CAG report about the scam.
[91]
21 October 2010: Draft reports of CAG placed before the Supreme Court.
29 October 2010: SC pulls up CBI for its tardy progress in the investigations into the scam.
[92][93]
10 November 2010: CAG submits report on 2G spectrum to government stating loss of
176,000 crore (US$38.72 billion) to exchequer.
11 November 2010: DoT files affidavit in SC saying CAG did not have the authority to question the policy decision as per
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which licence were issued to new players in 2008.
14 November 2010: A Raja resigns as Telecom Minister
[94][95]
15 November 2010: Kapil Sibal given additional charge of Telecom Ministry.
[96][97]
20 November 2010: Affidavit on behalf of PM filed in Supreme Court. Rejects charge of inaction on Swamys
complaint.
[98][99][100]
22 November 2010: CBI tells SC it will file charge sheet in the case within three months.
22 November 2010: CBI tells SC role of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia would be questioned by it.
24 November 2010: SC reserves verdict on Swamys plea seeking direction to PM for grant of sanction to prosecute
Raja.
25 November 2010: SC ticks off CBI for not questioning Raja.
29 November 2010: CBI files status report on 2G spectrum scam probe.
30 November 2010: SC questions CVC P J Thomass moral right to supervise CBIs probe into 2G spectrum scam as he
himself was Telecom Secretary at that point of time.
[101]
1 December 2010: SC directs original tapes containing conversation between corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and others
be handed over to it.
1 December 2010: Raja questions CAG findings in the SC.
2 December 2010: Government places recorded tapes in the SC.
2 December 2010: SC comes down heavily on Raja for bypassing and overruling PMs advice to defer allocation of 2G
spectrum by a few days.
8 December 2010: SC favours including in the probe period since 2001 when first-come-first-serve was the norm for
spectrum allocation.
8 December 2010: SC asks Centre to consider setting up of a special court to try 2G spectrum scam case.
8 December 2010: ED submits report. Says money trail covers 10 countries, including Mauritius.
14 December 2010: Another PIL in SC seeking cancellation of new telecom licences and 2G spectrum allocated during
Rajas tenure.
15 December 2010: Swamy files petition in a Delhi court seeking his inclusion as a public prosecutor in 2G spectrum case.
15 December 2010: Swamy mentions in complaint that Raja favoured ineligible private companies Swan Telecom Pvt
Ltd and Unitech Wireless Ltd in allocating the spectrum.
16 December 2010: SC decides to monitor the CBI inquiry
[102][103][104]
4 1anuary 2011: Swamy moves SC seeking cancellation of 2G spectrum licenses.
10 1anuary 2011: Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on the plea seeking cancellation of 2G licenses. Also issues
notices to 11 companies which allegedly did not fulfill the roll-out obligations or were ineligible.
30 1anuary 2011: Governments decision to regularise licenses of the companies which failed to meet the deadline for roll-
out obligation challenged in the Supreme Court.
2 February 2011: Raja, former Telecom Secretary Siddartha Behura and Rajas former Personal Secretary R K
Chandolia arrested and next day they were remanded in CBI custody.
8 February 2011: Raja remanded to two more days of CBI custody. Behura and Chandolia sent to judicial custody.
8 February 2011: Shahid Usman Balwa, promoter of Swan Telecom, arrested by CBI.
10 February 2011: SC asks CBI to bring under its scanner corporate houses which were beneficiaries of the 2G
spectrum. Raja remanded to CBI custody for four more days by a special CBI court along with Balwa.
14 February 2011: Rajas CBI custody extended for three more days. Balwas custody extended for four days.
17 February 2011: Raja sent to Tihar Jail under judicial custody.
18 February 2011: Balwa sent to judicial custody.
24 February 2011: CBI tells a Delhi court that Balwa facilitated transaction to Kalaignar TV.
28 February 2011: Raja seeks judicial proceedings through video conferencing stating that he faces threat to life from
fellow prisoners.
1 March 2011: CBI tells SC that 63 persons are under scanner. Raja allowed by CBI court to appear before it via video-
conferencing.
14 March 2011: The Delhi High Court sets up special court to deal exclusively with 2G cases. Balwa also allowed to
appear via video-conferencing.
17 March 2011: SC reserves order on cancellation of 2G licenses. It rejected companies' claim saying that Principle of
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Estoppel can't be applied to protect illegality.
[105][106]
29 March 2011: SC permits CBI to file charge sheet on 2 April instead of 31 March. Two more persons Asif Balwa
and Rajeev Agarwal arrested.
2 April 2011: CBI files its first charge sheet in the 2G spectrum allocation scam.
[107][108][109]
25 April 2011: CBI files second charge sheet and court issues summons to Kanimozhi, Sharad Kumar and Karim Morani
taking cognizance of the charge sheet.
[110][111][112]
6 May 2011: Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar appear before court and file bail pleas while Morani sought exemption from
appearance on medical ground.
[113][114][115]
6 May 2011: SC issues contempt notice to Sahara India managing director Subroto Roy and two others for alleged
interference in the ongoing ED investigation into the 2G spectrum case.
[116][117]
7 May 2011: Special CBI Court reserves order on Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumars bail applications.
14 May 2011: Special CBI Court defers order on their bail pleas for 20 May.
20 May 2011: Special CBI Court rejects bail pleas of Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar and orders their forthwith arrest
saying that there was a possibility of witnesses being influenced considering the magnitude of the crime.
[118][119]
8 1une 2011: Delhi HC rejects bail pleas of Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar citing that there are certain prima facie
evidences against the accused and they may be in a position to influence the 2G probe
[120][121]
20 1une 2011: SC rejects Kanimozhis bail plea
[122][123][124]
25 1uly 2011: Arguments on Charge begins. Raja seeks to make Prime Minister and former finance minister P
Chidambaram as witness.
26 August 2011: Special CBI court allows Subramanian Swamy to argue his own case (mainly to address the possible
loop holes in CBI investigation of the case)
[125][126]
30 August 2011: ED orders freezing of accounts, attachment of properties worth 223 crore (US$49.06 million) of five
companies mainly related to DB Realty under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)
[127][128]
1 September 2011: ED files status report in Supreme Court, says there have been FEMA violation of 10,000 crore
[129]
15 September 2011: Swamy pleads before special CBI court that P Chidambaram should be made co-accused
[130]
22 September 2011: CBI defends Chidambaram in SC, blames DoT for all wrongs.
26 September 2011: CBI moves plea for framing fresh charge for criminal breach of trust against Raja, Chandolia and
Behura.
[131][132]
29 September 2011: CBI says role of Anil Ambani being probed, gives a virtual clean chit to Tata and Videocon
group.
[133][134]
9 October 2011: CBI files FIR against Maran and his brother in Aircel-Maxis deal.
[135][136][137]
10 October 2011: SC reserves order against Subramanian Swamys plea for a probe into Home Minister Chidambarams
role in the 2G scam.
[138][139]
On the same day CBI books former telecom minister and DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran and
his brother and media baron Kalanithi Maran
[140]
22 October 2011: Special CBI Court finds prima facie evidence to put on trial all 17 accused including Raja on various
counts like criminal conspiracy, breach of trust, cheating and forgery.
[141][142]
3 November 2011: Special CBI court dismisses bail pleas of all the 8 applicants (including Kanimozhi)
[143]
8 November 2011: Special CBI court orders CBI to give copy of file on sale of equity by telecom companies (for
investigating P Chidambaram's involvement) to Swamy
[144][145]
9 November 2011: Delhi HC refuses to grant interim bail to Karim Morani on health grounds wondering Why everybody
falls sick once he is in custody? HC issues notice to the CBI on its reply on the bail pleas of the five accused by 1
December.
[146][147]
11 November 2011: Trial of the 17 accused begins in Patiala House special CBI court.
[148][149]
14 November 2011: UPA govt moves SC seeking to restrain Dr Subramanian Swamy from making public allegations
against the UPA leadership (especially Home Minister P Chidambaram and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi) in the 2G
scam case
[150][151]
22 November 2011: The Special CBI court shifts the trial to the Tihar Jail complex following a Delhi high court
order
[152][153]
23 November 2011: SC grants bail to 5 corporate executives Sanjay Chandra of Unitech Wireless, Vinod Goenka of
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Swan Telecom as well as Reliance Group's Gautam Doshi, Surendra Pipara and Hari Nayar.
[154]
28 November 2011: HC grants bail to DMK MP Kanimozhi and 4 others namely Karim Morani, Sharad Kumar and Asif
Balwa and Rajeev Agarwal. The court upheld the principle of parity under Section 144 of the Constitution of India that
upholds an order passed by the SC.
[155][156]
29 November 2011: The special CBI court grants bail to Shahid Balwa citing principle of parity that SC and HC have
already granted bail to 10 other accused
[157][158]
1 December 2011: The special CBI court grants bail to A. Raja's ex-private secretary R. K. Chandolia and puts
additional condition to not visit the DoT without prior permission of the court
[159][160]
2 December 2011: Taking a suo motu cognizance, HC stays bail given by trial court to R K Chandolia
[161]
7 December 2011: SC stays HC's suo motu order against Chandolia's bail
[162][163]
8 December 2011: The special CBI court accepts Swamy's plea against Chidambaram to become a witness in his own
complaint and examine 2 witnesses, including senior CBI official and senior Finance Ministry official
[164][165]
12 December 2011: CBI files third charge sheet naming Essar Group promoters Ravi Ruia, his son Anshuman Ruia and its
director (Strategy and Planning) Vikas Saraf, Loop Telecom promoters Kiran Khaitan (sister of Ravi Ruia) and her
husband I P Khaitan. It also charge sheets Loop Mobile India Ltd, its subsidiary Loop Telecom Pvt Ltd and Essar Tele
Holding.
[166][167]
16 December 2011: HC rejects bail plea of Siddharth Behura saying "he was the perpetrator of the illegal designs of
Raja and would not claim benefit of parity with 10 others released on bail"
[168]
2 February 2012: The Supreme court of India cancelled all 122 licenses allotted during A Raja tenure and imposed Rs 5
crore(US$ 1,018,122) fine on Unitech, Swan & Tata Teleservices. It also imposed a fine of Rs 50 lakh on Loop Telecom
Pvt Ltd, S-Tel, Allianz Infratech and Sistema Shyam Tele Services Ltd. It also asked trial court to decide whether Home
Minister P Chidambram should be made co-accused in 2G scam.
[169][170]
4 February 2012: The special court of justice O.P Saini dismissed the plea of Subramanian Swamy to make then Finance
Minister P.Chidambram as co-accused in the 2G scam.
[171]
8 February 2012: ED registers money laundering case against DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran
[172]
and his brother
Kalanithi Maran for allegedly receiving illegal gratification of about 550 crore in the Aircel-Maxis deal.
[173]
9 February 2012: Essar Group and Loop Telecom approach Supreme Court against its trial before Special CBI Court in
2G case.
[174][175]
15 February 2012: Supreme Court refused to grant interim stay on the summonses issued against Essar Group, Loop
Telecom and their officials by a special CBI court to appear before it on 22 February for their alleged involvement in a 2G
spectrum scam.
[176]
22 February 2012: CBI lodges strong protest with CVC on the "dirty tricks" of certain Income Tax officials to intimidate
crucial witnesses in the 2G case allegedly at the behest of DMKs Minister of State (Finance) SS Palanimanickam. Dr.
Swamy said he would approach Supreme Court on this matter.
[177]
23 February 2012: Subramanian Swamy files petition in Supreme Court challenging trial court's order which had dismissed
Swamy's plea to make Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram as a co-accused in the 2G scam.
[178]
2 March 2012: Govt of India files review petition in Supreme Court seeking partial review of the court's 2nd February
2012 order which had quashed 122 licenses.
[179]
The Govt questioned Supreme Court's authority over ruling against the
first-come first-served policy but stayed away from challenging the cancellation of 122 licences issued during the tenure of
A Raja as Telecom Minister.
[180]
On the same day Sistema, majority shareholder in MTS, too filed a review petition in
Supreme Court.
[181]
Licenses quashed
On 2 February 2012 Supreme Court of India quashed all 122 spectrum licences granted during the tenure of former
communications minister A Raja.
[182]
The allocation of 2G spectrum was described by Supreme Court as "unconstitutional and
arbitrary".
[183]
The bench of Justice GS Singhvi & Justice AK Ganguly imposed fine of 5 crore (US$1.1 million) on Unitech
Wireless, Swan telecom and Tata Teleservices and 50 lakh (US$110,000) fine on Loop Telecom, S Tel, Allianz Infratech and
Sistema Shyam Tele Services Ltd.
[5]
The Supreme Court's ruling said the current licences will remain in place for four months, in
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which time the government should decide fresh norms for issuing licences.
[184]
The Supreme Court said in its order that then telecom minister A. Raja "wanted to favour some companies at the cost of the
public exchequer" and listed seven steps he took to ensure this happened.
[5][185]
According to the Supreme Court of India the
seven steps were :
1. After taking over as telecom minister, Raja directed that all applications received for UAS licences should be kept pending
till receipt of the Trai's recommendations.
[5][185]
2. The recommendations made by Trai on 28 August 2007, were not placed before the full Telecom Commission which
would have included the finance secretary. The notice of the meeting of the Telecom Commission was not given to any of
the non-permanent members though Trai's recommendations for allocation of 2G spectrum had serious financial implications
and it was therefore necessary for DoT to take the finance ministry's opinion under the Government of India (Transaction of
Business) Rules, 1961.
[5][185]
3. The DoT officers who attended the Telecom Commission meeting held on 10 October 2007, had no choice but to approve
Trai's recommendations, since they would otherwise have "incurred" Raja's "wrath".
[5][185]
4. Since Cabinet had approved recommendations made by the Group of Ministers, the DoT had to discuss the issue of
spectrum pricing with the finance ministry. But, since Raja knew that the finance secretary had objected to the allocation of
2G spectrum at rates fixed in 2001, he did not consult the finance minister or other officials.
[5][185]
5. Raja brushed aside the law minister's suggestion that the matter should be placed before the empowered group of ministers.
Also, within hours of the receipt of the suggestion made by the PM in his letter dated 2 November 2007, that keeping in
view the inadequacy of spectrum, transparency and fairness should be maintained in allocation of the spectrum, Raja
rejected it saying that it would be unfair, discriminatory, arbitrary and capricious to auction spectrum to new applicants
because it would not give them a level-playing field. He also introduced a cut-off date of 25 September 2007, for
considering applications though only the previous day a DoT press release had said 1 October 2007, would be the last
date. This arbitrary action of Raja "though appears to be innocuous was actually intended to benefit some of the real estate
firms who did not have any experience in dealing with telecom services and who had made applications only on 24
September 2007, i.e. one day before the cut-off date fixed by the C&IT minister on his own".
[5][185]
6. The cut-off date of 25 September 2007, decided by Raja on 2 November 2007, was not made public till 10 January 2008,
and the first-come-first-served principle followed since 2003 was changed by him at the last moment through a press
release dated 10 January 2008. "This enabled some of the applicants, who had access either to the minister or DoT
officers, get bank drafts prepared towards performance guarantee of about Rs 1,600 crore".
[5][185]
7. "The manner in which the exercise for grant of LoIs to the applicants was conducted on 10 January 2008 leaves no room
for doubt that everything was stage managed to favour those who were able to know in advance change in the
implementation of the first-come-first-served policy." As a result, some firms which had submitted applications in 2004 or
2006 were pushed down in the priority and those who had applied between August and September 2007
succeeded.
[5][185]
Telecom companies affected by cancellation of licenses
The table below shows list of companies whose license were cancelled
[186][187]
Name of
company
Parent group
Number
of
licenses
cancelled
Uninor Joint venture between Unitech Group of India and Telenor of Norway Unitech Group 22
Sistema Shyam
TeleServices Limited,
now MTS India
Joint venture between Shyam group of Indian and Sistema of Russia 21
Loop Mobile
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formerly BPL Mobile Owned by Khaitan Holding Group 21
Videocon
Telecommunications
Limited
Owned by Videocon group of India 21
Etisalat-DB Joint venture between Swan Telecom of India and Etisalat of UAE 15
Idea Cellular
Aditya Birla Groupof India (49.05%), Axiata Group Berhad of Malaysia (15%) &
Providence Equity(10.6%)of USA
13
S Tel
Joint venture between C Sivasankaran of India and Batelco of Bahrain. After the
Supreme Court's decision Batelco sold its 42.7% stake to C Sivasankaran company
Sky City Foundation Ltd. for $175 million
[188]
6
Tata Teleservices Owned by Tata Group of India 3
After effects of Supreme Court's verdict
Batelco quits India - Batelco, the Bahrain telecommunications company holding 42.7% stake in S Tel declared that it has
agreed to sell its entire holding to Indian partner Sky City Foundation Ltd for 65.8 million Bahraini dinar ($174.5
million).
[189][190][188]
Telenor dumps and sues Unitech - On 21 February 2012 Telenor, majority stakeholder in Uninor, dumped its Indian
partner Unitech and sued it seeking indemnity and compensation.
[191][192][193]
Etisalat sues Shahid Balwa and Vinod Goenka - On 23 February 2012 Etisalat of the Etasalat-DB Telecom sued
Shahid Balwa and Vinod Goenka, promoters of its Indian partner DB Realty for fraud and misrepresentation.
[194][195][196]
Response to scam
Opposition demands 1oint Parliamentary Committee (1PC) - As soon as the Indian media started citing Comptroller
and Auditor General of India's report which pegged the loss at 1.76 lakh crore, the Indian opposition parties unanimously
demanded formation of Joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to investigate 2G scam.
[197][198]
However the Indian
government rejected the demand of opposition.
[198]
Later when the winter session of parliament began on 9 November
2010, opposition again pressed for (JPC) but once again the demand was rejected.
[198]
The opposition's demand for
(JPC) gained further momentum when Comptroller and Auditor General of India's report was tabled in Parliament on 16
November 2011.
[199]
The opposition blocked parliament proceedings and again pressed for JPC.
[200]
With Govt again
rejecting the demand there was logjam in parliament.
[201]
Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar tried to break the
logjam but her efforts didn't bear any fruit.
[202]
Finally the winter session of parliament concluded on 13 December 2010 .
The plan was to introduce 22 new bills, take up 23 pending bills for consideration and passing and withdraw three bills but
that didn't happen because the parliament was allowed to function for only 9 hours.
[203]
In February 2011, after resisting
the Opposition demand for over three months, the government finally agreed to constitute a Joint Parliamentary Committee
(JPC) to probe the 2G spectrum allocation issue. The government announced it formally on 22 February 2011.
[204]
1ayalalitha accuses M. Karunanidhi - In early November 2010 Jayalalithaa accused the state chief minister M
Karunanidhi of protecting A. Raja from corruption charges and called for A. Raja's resignation.
[205]
By mid November A.
Raja resigned.
[206]
CAG issues show-cause notices - In mid November the comptroller Vinod Rai issued show-cause notices to Unitech, S
Tel, Loop Mobile, Datacom (Videocon), and Etisalat to respond to his assertion that all of the 85 licenses granted to these
companies did not have the up-front capital required at the time of the application and were in other ways illegal.
[207]
Some
media sources have speculated that these companies will receive large fines but not have their licenses revoked, as they are
currently providing some consumer service.
[207]
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External links
Transcripts : The Radia Tapes (http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?268214) contains all the leaked audio transcripts
between corporate lobbyist Nira Radia & other high profile people. Because of these transcripts the scam came into the
knowledge of public.
2G spectrum scam (http://indiatoday.intoday.in/section/156/1/2g-scam.html) collected news and commentary at India
Toda
2G spectrum scam (http://ibnlive.in.com/newstopics/The-2G-Scam.html) collected news and commentary at CNN-IBN
2G spectrum scam (http://www.tehelka.com/TSearch.asp?
cx=008457777601950459037%3Aocm6dyyosyo&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=UTF-
8&q=2g+Scam&sa=Go&siteurl=www.tehelka.com%2Fstory_main48.asp%3Ffilename%3DNe010111THEABCOF.asp)
collected news and commentary at Tehelka
2G Scam: In the dock (in pictures:HT) (http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/Photos-India/inthedock/Article4-
718395.aspx)
Chidambaram, Raja discussed 2G pricing: Swamy (http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Chennai/Chidambaram-
Raja-discussed-2G-pricing-Swamy/Article1-772645.aspx)
Swamy, Subramanian (2011). 2G Specm Scam. Har-anand Publications Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 9788124116388.
http://www.gujaratsamachar.com/video/2gscam.html
See also
List of scandals in India
List of politicians in India charged with corruption
Corruption in India
2011 Indian anti-corruption movement
Jan Lokpal Bill
Justice AK Ganguly
Right to Public Services legislation
Corruption Perceptions Index
Licence Raj
Mafia Raj
Rent seeking
Concerns and controversies over the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Lok Ayukta
Socio-economic issues in India
United Nations Convention against Corruption
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