-The Hindu Says the whole country is waiting for a statement from Manmohan on the issue Terming the ouster of Jaipal Reddy from the Petroleum Ministry unfortunate and anguishing, Communist Party of India (CPI) Member of Parliament Gurudas Dasgupta on Thursday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to serve a fresh notice on the Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries LIMited (RIL) and restrict the cost recovery for 2012-13 by $1.72 billion for the shortfall...
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Vajpayee’s son-in-law back in LIMelight, courtesy Kejriwal
-The Times of India This is one 'sarkari damaad' who faded from anonymity to obscurity in a jiffy. Ranjan Bhattacharya was never one to court the LIMelight, preferring to be spoken of in hushed tones as the man who "ran the show". But no sooner did his source of strength, BJP's prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, lose power in May 2004 that he disappeared without a trace, avoiding the post-mortem that...
More »After change of guard, CAG-RIL meet on audit issue postponed -Sujay Mehdudia
-The Hindu The postponement conveyed by Petroleum Ministry to CAG on October 29 Only days after the change of guard in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry, the “Entry Conference” by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) with the Petroleum Ministry officials and representatives of Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries LIMited (RIL) to discuss details of the financial audit of KG D6 accounts has been postponed indefinitely. Sources in the Ministry said that after...
More »The report on Atomic Energy Regulatory Board shows CAG lacks technical expertise-KS Parthasarathy
-The Economic Times The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in its performance audit of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), highlighted deficiencies such as less effective regulatory control on medical x-ray units and lack of inspection of few types of radiation sources that have greater hazard potential, among others. These need urgent correction. CAG should not have offered advise on the possible structure and constitution of a regulatory body when...
More »Blundering on land and Aadhaar-Praful Bidwai
-Pratirodh.com The fanfare with which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi launched a service delivery scheme in Rajasthan based on the Aadhaar (foundation) unique identity (UID), and celebrated the issue of the first Aadhaar number topping the 200-million mark, should make the Indian National Congress a very worried party indeed—assuming it has a good survival instinct and basic grasp of practical politics. To put it starkly, the Congress and...
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