Krishna-Godavari Basin is a peri-cratonic passive margin basin in India. It is spread across more than 50,000 square kilometers^[1] in the Krishna River and Godavari River basins in Andhra Pradesh. The site is known for the D-6 block where Reliance Industries discovered the biggest natural gas reserves in India in 2002. It was also the world's largest gas discovery of 2002.^[2]

Discoveries[link]

It was in 1983 that Gas was first struck in Rajole Well No.1 when ONGC had a small office in Rajahmundry and Narsapur that was headed by Iqbal Farooqi. Since that discovery there had been no looking back. Reliance and others are late players in that area.

• 14 trillion cubic feet of gas by Reliance Industries in KG-DWN-98/l (KG-D6) in 2002.^[3] 6000 feet below the sea floor. ^[4]
• 20 trillion cubic feet (5.7×10¹¹ m³)cubic feet of gas by Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation in June 2005.^[5]
• 20 trillion cubic feet (5.7×10¹¹ m³) of gas at D-3 and D-9 blocks by Reliance Industries in May 2009. ^[6]
• 10 trillion cubic feet (2.8×10¹¹ m³) of gas by ONGC in June 2009. ^[7]

Ecology[link]

The basin is home to Olive Ridley turtles, an endangered species ^[8]

Corruption by Reliance Industries[link]

CAG report on Krishna Godavari Basin clearly concludes the following irregularities by Reliance Industries:

• Eliminated competition in contracts.
• Awarded contracts at unreasonable rates.
• Directly notified oil and gas discoveries without informing government
• Profit sharing mechanism with Government was designed in late 1990s
• RIL and GAIL Made profits by purchasing gas at a price of USD 4.2 per million British thermal units where the price of imported LNG ranges between USD 12 and USD 17 per mmBtu resulting net loss to exchequer.

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Projects[link]

KG-DWN-98/1 (KG-D6) - 8100sq km. The total project is expected to cost $100 billion. ^[13] 50km off the coast of Kakinada. ^[14]

References[link]

1. ^ "A unique and lucrative basin". January 18 - 31, 2003. http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2002/stories/20030131005210200.htm. Retrieved 3 August 2009. 
2. ^ Reliance gas-find 40 times bigger than Bombay High
3. ^ "KG-DWN-98/1 (KG-D6), Bay of Bengal". Offshore Technology. http://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/bayofbengal/. Retrieved 2010-08-14. 
4. ^ "Reliance gas-find 40 times bigger than Bombay High". rediff.com. 2002-10-31. http://www.rediff.com/money/2002/oct/31ril.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-14. 
5. ^ Record gas discovery in India could hit projects
6. ^ RIL strikes 2 more gas reserves in KG basin
7. ^ ONGC scores hat-trick on gas discoveries
8. ^ Oil cos stumble on Olive Ridley ground
9. ^ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/cag-report-on-kg-basin-puts-ril-in-the-dock%E2%80%8E/1/150531.html
10. ^ http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-11-21/news/30424597_1_kg-d6-tapti-gas-allocation
11. ^ http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/rils-new-gas-finds-not-viable-at-usd-42mmbtu-price-dgh_590546.html
12. ^ http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Reliance-violated-contract-terms-in-KG-Basin--finds-CAG-report/843940/
13. ^ "Specifications: KG-DWN-98/1 (KG-D6), Bay of Bengal". Offshore Technology. http://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/bayofbengal/specs.html. Retrieved 2010-08-14. 
14. ^ "Reliance completes one year of gas production in KG Basin". Chillx.info. 2010-04-02. http://www.chillx.info/world/reliance-completes-one-year-of-gas-production-in-kg-basin/. Retrieved 2010-08-14. 

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Rajiv Pratap Rudy (born on March 30, 1962) is a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Bihar, India. He is a National Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He holds a Commercial Pilot’s License with the specialization to fly the A-320 from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-approved SimCenter in Miami, Florida.

Early life[link]

The father of Rajiv Pratap Rudy and his several siblings died when Rajiv was aged five. They were brought up thereafter by their mother.^{[citation needed]}

Rajiv Rudy lectured at Anugrah Narayan College, Patna prior to entering state politics, but he had been involved in student politics while at Panjab University.^{[citation needed]}

He was elected in 1990 as an Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.^{[citation needed]} Then aged 26, he was one of the youngest legislators.^{[citation needed][clarification needed]}

He was elected to the Lok Sabha - the lower house of the Parliament of India - as a candidate of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)^{[clarification needed]} in 1996.^{[citation needed]} His constituency was the remote rural area of Chapra in north Bihar.^{[citation needed]} Re–elected in 1999^{[citation needed]} and inducted as a Union Minister of State for Commerce & Industry,^[when?] Rudy subsequently became Civil Aviation Minister with an independent charge in the National Democratic Alliance government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee.^{[citation needed]}

Rudy has had involvement with the youth wing of the BJP and has held the post of National Vice President of the Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha. He is now^[when?] a Member of the BJP National Executive and acts as the National Spokesperson for that party, with a specific responsibility relating to Goa.^{[citation needed]}

He is married to Neelam Pratap and has two daughters.

External links[link]

• Rudy takes flight as an A320 pilot
• Co-Pilot Rajiv Pratap Rudy reporting for duty - Indian Express
• His 2004 election contest with Laloo Prasad Yadav - an article dated April 17, 2004
• Interview dated April 30, 2004 about repoll in Chhapra (2004)
• His address to the Second India-EU Business Summit (November 2001, New Delhi) as commerce minister on website of FICCI
• His speech at the International Convention on Special Economic Zone, March 2002, New Delhi as Minister of State for Commerce, India on FICCI website
• His photographs at FICCI seminar on 'Growth Through Partnership - Doing Business with East Europe' December 11, 2002, New Delhi
• His address at the above mentioned seminar as minister of state for commerce, India
• His speech at 'Interactive Meeting with Mr George Yeo, Hon'ble Minister for Trade & Industry, Singapore', November 26, 2002, New Delhi at FICCI website
• His photographs at above mentioned meeting on FICCI website
• His speech at 'India-Latin America Health Summit', September 18-21, 2002, New Delhi as Minister of State for Commerce, India on FICCI website
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Arvind Kejriwal
Arvind Kejriwal
Born	(1968-06-16) 16 June 1968 (age 44) Hissar, Haryana
Education	B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering
Alma mater	IIT Kharagpur
Organization	Parivartan (परिवर्तन) Public Cause Research Foundation India Against Corruption
Political movement	2012 Indian anti-corruption movement 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement Right to Information Jan Lokpal Bill
Religion	Hinduism
Children	3
Website
http://www.pcrf.in/

Arvind Kumar Kejriwal (born 16 June 1968) is a retired Indian Revenue Service officer and an Indian social activist fighting for greater transparency in Government.^[1] He was awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006, for activating India's Right to Information movement at grassroots and social activities to empower the poorest citizens to fight corruption by holding the government answerable to the people.^[2][3][2][2] Kejriwal is also a Saathi (fellow) of the Association for India's Development,^[4] a Global Impact award winning NGO.^[5]

Early life[link]

Arvind Kejriwal was born in a Marwari family in Hissar, Haryana in 1968.^[1] His father was an engineer and he spent most of his childhood living in small northern Indian towns like Sonepat, Mathura and Hissar. He did his schooling from Campus School.^[6] Kejriwal graduated from IIT Kharagpur as a Mechanical engineer in 1989.^[7][8]

Career[link]

Kejriwal joined Tata Steel right after his graduation from IIT Kharagpur. Kejriwal quit his job with Tata Steel in 1992^{[citation needed]} and spent some time working with Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, the Ramakrishna Mission in the North-East India and Nehru Yuva Kendra.^[9][10]

Kejriwal joined the Indian Revenue Service in 1995 after qualifying the highly competitive IAS examination.^[10] In February 2006, he voluntarily resigned from the IRS as Joint Commissioner in IT Department.^[11] After voluntary resignation from job, he founded Parivartan, a Delhi based citizens’ movement which works on ensuring a just, transparent and accountable governance. In December 2006, Kejriwal along with Manish Sisodia and Abhinandan Sekhri started Public Cause Research Foundation, which works for promoting better local self governance and RTI related campaigns^[12]

Right to Information[link]

He along with Aruna Roy and others, campaigned for the Right to Information Act (RTI), which soon became a silent social movement, Delhi Right to Information Act was passed in 2001^[7] and eventually at national level Indian Parliament passed the RTI in 2005. Thereafter, in July 2006, he spearheaded an awareness campaign for RTI across India.^[13] To motivate others Arvind has now instituted an RTI Award through his organisation.^[14] Kejriwal has been using RTI in corruption cases in many government departments including the Income Tax department, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the Public Distribution System (PDS), the Delhi Electricity Board and others.^[9][15]

Jan Lokpal Bill[link]

As a member of India Against Corruption (IAC) Kejriwal is an active participant in the movement for the enactment of Jan Lokpal Bill. He is considered a key figure along with social activist Anna Hazare.^[16] On August 16, 2011, Key members of the India Against Corruption including Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi, and Manish Sisodia were arrested four hours before the planned indefinite hunger strike by Hazare.^[17] Rajan Bhagat, spokesman for Delhi Police, said police arrested Hazare under a legal provision that bans public gatherings and protests at the park in Delhi where Hazare was planning to begin his hunger strike. Activists were later released same day although they spent two more days in the Tihar jail negotiating conditions put on protest.^[18] Kejriwal left the jail on August 18 and the protests started the following day from Ramlila Maidan in Delhi.^[19] After twelve days of protests and many discussions between the government and the activists, Parliament passed a resolution to consider three points in drafting of Lokpal bill.^[20]

Controversies[link]

Swami Agnivesh a former colleague of Kejriwal in Team Anna accused Arvind Kejriwal of diverting money from India Against Corruption (IAC) fund to his (Kejriwal's) own NGO. Kejriwal allegedly deposited Rs 70-80 lakh from IAC fund in his own NGO. The money was raised as the donation to IAC.^[21] Mr. Kejriwal responded to the allegation that the IAC was a "movement" not an institution and that PCRF was working as a secretariat for IAC.^[22]

In an article published in the Hindu newspaper in 22 August 2011, Booker prize winning author and civil rights activist Arundhati Roy alleged that an NGO run by Kejriwal received a donation of USD 400,000 from the Ford Foundation in the past 3 years.^[23] Arvind Kejriwal has since admitted that the NGO Kabir he runs along with Manish Sisodia, did receive funds from the New York-based Ford Foundation, but pointed out that it had stopped about two years ago. Kejriwal dismissed the view held by some which suggested that Ford Foundation has historically been linked to CIA, the US intelligence agency that used it for channeling funds to its recipients in foreign countries.^[24][25]

Personal life[link]

Kejriwal is married to Sunita, who is an IRS officer his batchmate from National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie.^[8] They live just outside Delhi with their two children.^[10] and presently Additional Director in Serious Fraud Investigation Office.

Awards[link]

• 2004: Ashoka Fellow, Civic Engagement.^[9]
• 2005: 'Satyendra K. Dubey Memorial Award', IIT Kanpur for his campaign for bringing transparency in Government.^[7]
• 2006: Ramon Magsaysay Award for Eminent Leadership.^[2][3]
• 2006: CNN-IBN, 'Indian of the Year' in Public Service^[26]
• 2009: Distinguished Alumnus Award, IIT Kharagpur for Eminent Leadership.^[1]
• 2010: Policy Change Agent of the Year, The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence along with Aruna Roy.^[27]
• 2011: NDTV Indian of the Year along with Anna Hazare^[28]

Arvind Kejariwal has also won an IIM Gold Medal.

Books[link]

The Right to Information : Vyawharik Margdarshika - Co-Author - Vishnu Rajgadia, Published by Rajkamal Prakashan, New Delhi. in the year 2008.^{[citation needed]}

Slipper Attack on Kejriwal[link]

Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal was attacked by a youth with a slipper during attending a program in Jhulelal Park Lucknow, India under India Against Corruption (IAC) anti-graft campaign.^[29]

After the incident, the accused was caught by the IAC volunteers and handed over to the police. Later, Mr. Kejriwal asked that the accused be released and did not file any FIR against him.^[30]

The accused was identified as Jitendra Pathak of Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district, who worked for the Indian National Congress from 2006-2009 and is a former member of Congress Sewa Dal.^[31] He was not a mere party worker but was responsible for key areas in Jhansi. As per the accused acceptance, he considers Rahul Gandhi as his role model.^[32][33]

Kejriwal's attacker Jitendra Pathak has been sacked from his job. He is working in a private construction company Ansh Project Service, Lucknow.^[34] On the other hand, Arvind Kejriwal has written a letter to the chairman of the company to take back their decision and to retain the accused. As per Kejriwal's ideology, violence can be stopped by non-violence only and taking Jitendra's job is violence against the accused and his family.^[35]

In a Sting operation done by India TV in Lucknow, the slipper threatened a bomb attack during Anna Hazare's anti-graft movement in Uttar Pradesh .^[36]

See also[link]

• Right to Information Act
• Jan Lokpal Bill
• India Against Corruption
• 2012 Indian anti-corruption movement
• 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement

References[link]

External links[link]

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