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2G SPECTRUM SCAM the 2G Spectrum Scam in India Involved The 2G SPECTRUM SCAM The 2G spectrum scam in India involved the issue of 1232 licenses by the ruling Congress-led UPA alliance[1] of the 2G spectrum to 85 companies including many new telecom companies with little or no experience in the telecom sector at a price set in the year 2001.The issue came to light after the auction of airwaves for 3G services which amounted to 677,190 crore (US$151.01 billion) to the exchequer.A report submitted by the Comptroller and Auditor General based on the money collected from 3G licenses estimated that the loss to the exchequer due to underpricing of the 2G spectrum was 176,379 crore (US$39.33 billion).The scam came to public notice when the Supreme Court of India took SubramanianSwamy's complaints on record [With Case type: Writ Petition (Civil), Case No: 10, Year: 2011]. The scam involved allegations regarding . The underpricing of the 2G spectrum by the Department of Telecommunications which resulted in a heavy loss to the exchequer, and . The illegal manipulation of the spectrum allocation process to favors select companies. Civil Servants, Politicians and Corporations Involved in scam bad All the accused have been booked under sections 120(B) (criminal conspiracy), 468 (Forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 109 (abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence, and where no express provision is made for its punishment) of the Indian Penal Code. Politicians, Ministers and Parliamentarians involved . Andimuthu Raja , Union Cabinet Minister for Communications and Information Technology : The Comptroller and Auditor General holds Raja personally responsible for the sale of 2G spectrum at 2001 rates in 2008, resulting in the previously mentioned loss of up to Rs. 1.76 lakh crores (US$40 billion) to the national exchequer.In August, 2010, evidence was submitted by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) showing that Raja had personally signed and approved the majority of the questionable allocations. KanimozhiAravindhan , Member of RajyaSabha : On April 25, 2011 Kanimozhi was named as a co- conspirator in the supplementary charge sheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the 2G spectrum case. The charge sheet submitted before the Supreme Court establishes how Rs 200 crore connected with the scam traveled from a partnership firm of businessman ShahidBalwa of Swan Telecom to the Karunanidhi family-owned Kalaignar TV. She has been charged with section 7 and 11 of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The sections deal with acceptance of alleged gratification. Bureaucrats involved . Siddhartha Behura , Civil Servant (IAS officer of 1973 batch UP cadre) : He was the Telecom secretary who served in the DOT at the time of the 2G allocation. PradipBaijal , Civil Servant (IAS officer of 1966 batch MP cadre) : He is alleged to have recommended policies that favored certain Telecom companies when he was heading the TRAI. Post retirement, Baijal joined Noesis, a consulting firm. Raja has made references to Baijal's decisions in 2003 as the basis for his decisions in 2008; something which has been attacked by ArunShourie and several media pundits. The houses and offices of the bureaucrat were recentlyvisited by the Central Bureau of Investigation as part of their investigations. [11] However, Baijal is expected to get a clean chit in this issue. R K Chandolia , Civil Servant (IES officer of 1984 batch cadre): He was private secretary of Raja during UPA-I when the licences were awarded. When Raja became the Telecom Minister once again in UPA-II, Chandolia had been promoted to the Joint Secretary rank. Raja re-designated him Economic Adviser that gave him the charge of all important policy-related work. Chandolia interacted with all the licensees. It is said that it was Chandolia who, from DDG-access services A K Srivastava's room, had handed out letters of intent to representatives of various companies. Corporations involved . Allianz Infra . Aircel . Dishnet Wireless . Loop Mobile . SistemaShyam Mobile (MTS) – Sistema Mobile Russia . Reliance Communications . S Tel . Swan Telecom . Tata Tele Services . Unitech Group . Videocon Telecommunications Limited . Vodafone Essar . Virgin Mobile India Corporate personalities involved . Anil Ambani - Reliance Group (ADAG)[15] - . Ratan Tata . ShahidBalwa - Swan Telecom (now Etisalat DB) . VinodGoenka - Swan Telecom (now Etisalat DB) . VenugopalDhoot - Videocon Group . PrashantRuia - Essar Group . Sanjay Chandra , Managing Director of Unitech Ltd and Unitech Wireless All of them have either been questioned by the CBI or are prospective suspects in the scam. Impact on stock markets The first casualty in Stock Markets once Raja was arrested was DB Realty.[36] 20% fall in the stock prices of DB Realty. Sun TV had its shares fall by 10%.[37] Sun TV COO refused the allegations. Swan Telecom Chief Balwa was arrested on Feb 8 [38] and this led to rumours of links with Anil Ambani's Reliance ADAG and it led to 20% fall of his stocks . Its reported that nearly 2 Billion USD was eroded from his stocks .[39] Spicejet stocks went down after reports of investigation on Maran's recent takeover of Spicejet . Media persons and lobbyists involved . NiraRadia , a former airline entrepreneur turned corporate lobbyist whose conversations with politicians and corporate entities were recorded by the government authorities. The contents were later leaked by unknown parties creating the NiraRadia tapes controversy Politicans, Ministers and Parlimentarians involved . DayanidhiMaran , former Union Cabinet Minister for Textiles : The main allegation revealed by Tehelka magazine and followed up in several other reports, is that Maran forced C Sivasankaran, owner of Aircel, to sell the telecom company to Maran's Malaysia-based friend T Ananda Krishnan in 2006. The reports allege that Maran deliberately delayed issuing spectrum licenses to Aircel's sister concern, Dishnet Wireless, when it was owned by Sivasankaran. He issued the licenses soon after it changed hands to Ananda Krishnan who owns Maxis.[16] . P. Chidambaram , current Union Cabinet Minister for Home Affairs : SubramaniamSwamy states that when the 2G Spectrum rate was finalised, P.Chidambaram was the finance minister of India and he had a major role in deciding the spectrum price with A.Raja. Subramaniam alleges that Chidambaram had received kickbacks and undervalued the spectrum cost.[17] Petitioners to 2g scam . SubramaniamSwamy , activist lawyer and politician, whose letters to the Prime Minister demanding action and affidavits and cases in the Supreme Court brought the issue into the public limelight. ParanjoyGuhaThakurta, a journalist who was one among the very first to write on the irregularities in the awarding of 2G spectrum allocation by the Telecom Ministry. He is also one of the petitioners in the 2G PIL currently being heard in the Supreme court.[18] . PrashantBhushan , on behalf of the Centre for Public Interest Litigation. Anil Kumar, on behalf of the civil society organisationTelecom Watchdog . Others:Several eminent people like former chief election commissioners J.M. Lyngdoh, T.S. Krishnamurthy and N. Gopalaswami and former central vigilance commissioner (CVC) P. Shankar are also petitioners in the suits filed by civil society groups.[14] Loss to Exchequer The Controller and Auditor General of India used three different methods to assess the presumptive loss to the exchequer resulting from not auctioning 2G spectrum.[19] The first method was based on the fact that S Tel, one of the licensees, explicitly offered to pay significantly higher license fees for the spectrum. Based on the fees offered by S Tel, the CAG estimated the loss to the exchequer at 67,364 crore (US$15.02 billion) The second method was based on the price recovered by the 3G auction in 2010. The CAG reasoned that since 2G is really 2.75G (EDGE), its price should be comparable to that of 3G licenses. Based on this method, the CAG estimated the loss to the exchequer to be 176,000 crore (US$39.25 billion) The third method was based on the fact that some of the licensees received FDI in the form of equity, shortly after the spectrum allocation. The CAG reasoned that this equity infusion was entirely due to the value of the allocated spectrum; this can be construed as re-sale of the spectrum by the licensee, and hence was a valid basis for assessing loss to the exchequer. Based on this method, theCAG estimated the loss to the exchequer to be anywhere between 57,666 crore (US$12.86 billion) (based on Etisalat's investment in Swan Telecom) and 69,626 crore (US$15.53 billion) (based onTelenor's investment in Unitech). For its part, the Congress-party led government has publicly defended itself on this count and KapilSibal, who replaced A. Raja as the communication minister, has refuted the CAG reasoning.[20] He has also justified his government's decision not to auction 2G spectrum as being in line with the policy guidelines laid down by the 10th Five-Year Plan.[21][22] Relationship between media and government Main article: NiraRadia tapes controversy Media sources such as OPEN and Outlook reported that BarkhaDutt and VirSanghvi knew that corporate lobbyist NiraRadia was influencing the decisions of A. Raja.[23] The critics alleged that Dutt and Sanghvi knew about corruption between the government and the media industry, supported this corrupt activity, and suppressed news reporting the discovery of the corruption.[23] Ratan Tata petitions over leak The tapes leaked to the public include conversations between NiraRadia and Ratan Tata. Tata petitioned the government to acknowledge his right to privacy and demanded accountability for the leak, with the Minister for Home Affairs, CBI, Indian Income Tax Department, the Department of Telecommunication, and the Department of Information Technology as respondents in the petition.[24] On April 4, 2011 Indian Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC)questioned Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata and corporate lobbyist NiiraRadia regarding their roles in 2G Scam.
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