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The 2G spectrum scam was an indian telecommunications scam and political scandal in which politicians and government officials under the Indian National Congress (Congress) coalition government undercharged mobile telephone companies for frequency allocation licenses, which they then used to create 2G spectrum subscriptions for cell phones. The difference between the money collected and that mandated to be collected was estimated by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India at ₹1.76 trillion (US$26 billion), based on 2010 3G and BWA spectrum-auction prices. In a chargesheet filed on 2 April 2011 by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI, the investigating agency), the loss was pegged at ₹309845.5 million (US$4.6 billion). In a 19 August 2011 reply to the CBI, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said that the government had gained over ₹30 billion (US$440 million) by selling 2G spectrum.Minister of Communications & IT Kapil Sibal said in a 2011 press conference that "zero loss" was incurred by distributing 2G licenses on a first-come-first-served basis.
Andimuthu Raja (born 26 October 1963) is an Indian politician from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) political party. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha representing the Nilgiris constituency of Tamil Nadu and had been elected to house for four times since 1996. Raja is an advocate by profession and he did his masters from Government Law College in Tiruchirappalli. He is an important leader of the DMK party. Raja was born in Velur in Perambalur District in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Raja was first elected to Parliament as a member of Lok Sabha in 1996 from the Perambalur constituency and was reelected from the same constituency in 1999 and 2004 elections and from Nilgris constituency in 2009. He was Minister of State for Rural development from 1996 to 2000, Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare from September 2000 to May 2004 and a cabinet minister for Environment and Forests from May 2004 to May 2007. He became the cabinet minister for Communication and Information Technology from May 2007, following the resignation of Dayanidhi Maran. Raja is primarily accused to have conspired the 2G Spectrum scam, where two other members from DMK, namely, Dayanidhi Maran and Kanimozhi are also accused. Raja and two of his former associates were arrested on 2 February 2011 and was placed for a period 15 months in judicial custody at Tihar Jail.
Manmohan Singh (Punjabi: [mənˈmoːɦən ˈsɪ́ŋɡ]; born 26 September 1932) is an Indian economist who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014. The first Sikh in office, Singh was the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to be re-elected after completing a full five-year term.
Born in Gah (now in Punjab, Pakistan), Singh's family migrated to India during its partition in 1947. After obtaining his doctorate in economics from Oxford, Singh worked for the United Nations in 1966–69. He subsequently began his bureaucratic career when Lalit Narayan Mishra hired him as an advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Trade. Over the 70s and 80s, Singh held several key posts in the Government of India, such as Chief Economic Advisor (1972–76), Reserve Bank governor (1982–85) and Planning Commission head (1985–87).
In 1991, as India faced a severe economic crisis, newly elected Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao surprisingly inducted the apolitical Singh into his cabinet as Finance Minister. Over the next few years, despite strong opposition, he as a Finance Minister carried out several structural reforms that liberalised India's economy. Although these measures proved successful in averting the crisis, and enhanced Singh's reputation globally as a leading reform-minded economist, the incumbent Congress party fared poorly in the 1996 general election. Subsequently, Singh served as Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of India's Parliament) during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government of 1998–2004.
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Namaskaar Dosto, is video mein maine aapse Spectrum ke baare mein baat ki hai, aap mein se bahut se viewers ne Wireless Communications, ya Simple Mobile Communication se judi hui baato mein spectrum ke baare mein suna hoga. Ab Spectrum kya hai? Spectrum ko kaise manage karte hai? Spectrum ka Auction kyu hota hai? India mein kitne Telecom Circles hai? 2G Scam kya tha? Yahi sab baatein maine aapko is video mein batayi hai. Mujhe umeed hai ki Cellular Spectrum ke baare mein yeh video aapko pasand aayega. Share, Support, Subscribe!!! Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1Wfsvt4 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TechnicalGuruji Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/technicalguruji Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/technicalguruji Facebook Myself: https://goo.gl/zUfbUU Instagram: http://instagram.com/technica...
It's been an unfolding, dramatic saga over thin air, the spectrum that floats around us, the substance that has spawned a communications revolution where India has gone from 300 thousand mobile users to 700 million in 15 years. It's an industry of megahertz and megabucks that's been engulfed in scam and mismanagement for 2 decades it's time for someone to tell the full story over the 2G controversy, and we're doing just that. Watch "2G The Full Story" exclusively on NewsX.
Money Mantra: In this show, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, economic analyst; Rajesh Tiwari, MD & CEO of Nextt, and PP Rao, senior lawyer at Supreme Court, share their views on all aspects of the 2G spectrum scam. The CAG report has said that the 2G spectrum scam caused a loss of Rs 1.7 lakh crore to the nation.
Corruption means the mis-use of public office for private care. We can cannot include everything in corruption. Taking dowry is not corruption its extortion. The congress party recently accused Swami Ramdev for in engagement & accepting black money. Now congress had no explanation about how is that black money. Congress says he accepts in cash. Supposing I am very corrupt person & I have lot of black money. I am carrying that money in pocket & travel in taxi & use that money to pay taxi fare. So the taxi driver by accepting those cash money cannot be called corrupt because money was black & he doesn't know & be there is no misuse of office. We are concerned essentially that the people place faith in public officials; they are supposed to serve & do their best for the country. But if they...
Telecom companies in India providing slow internet speed in high price and making a huge profit. To know more about the prevailing Internet scam in India. Zee News always stay ahead in bringing current affairs from all the valley of National interest, Politics, Entertainment, Sports and International happenings. We take you to the depth of every matter by providing every small detail and makes you familiar with all the happening around you. Zee News is the highly popular Hindi News channel of India’s largest television network ZMCL. The channel, which has a huge following in India and abroad, has won several prestigious national and international awards. Among its popular programs are - Dr. Subhash Chandra Show: https://goo.gl/fCugXC Daily News and Analysis: https://goo.gl/B8eVsD...
In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Nalin Kohli, Natl Spokesperson, BJP & Advocate; M R Venkatesh, CA & Policy Analyst; Prof R Vaidyanathan, Professor, IIM Bangalore; Jaiveer Shergill, Advocate, SC & Media Panelist, Congress; Rahul Narvekar, Spokesperson & MLC, NCP; and Gaurav Bhatia, Spokesperson & National Head, Legal Cell, SP -- discuss the issue of former PM Manmohan Singh calling corruption during UPA Govt a non-issue. And, being in denial over UPA scams, is the former PM down with #Scamnesia? Under attack over allegations in 2G scam, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asserted that he had "never used" public office to "enrich" himself, his family or friends. "As far as I am concerned, I can say in all humility that I have not used...
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Former Telecom Minister A Raja has broken his silence for the first time on the 2G scam after coming from jail. A Raja has firmly maintained that there is no evidence against him that proves his involvement in the multi-crore 2G scam. Moreover, Raja has also made explosive charges against the Prime Minister and questioned him over his silence. Here is an exclusive interaction with the former Union Minister. Download the Times Now India's Election HQ app and get all the election info at one go. Click here: http://bit.ly/1iwcRBr Social Media Links :- Facebook - http://goo.gl/CC7rGc G+ - http://goo.gl/O1iEp5 Twitter - http://goo.gl/uHYsqP Also visit our website - http://goo.gl/XPUXe8 To Stay Updated Download the Times Now App :- Android Google Play : https://goo.gl/zJhWjC Apple App Sto...