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Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and Other Truths
By PC Parakh
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Pages: 288 (9 B/W Illustrations)
About the Book
In 2012, a controversy over allocation of coal
blocks to private companies rocked the country. The government's finance
watchdog- the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) - found the government had picked
favourites and avoided open and competitive bidding which would have generated
far more revenue for a cash-starved state. The CAG concluded that India had
lost ` 1.861akh crore (over $ 30 billion) in the
process, all of which went to the private companies. It was the biggest
recorded seam in the history of India.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI),
India's premier investigation agency, then filed an FIR against the top officer
in the coal ministry-Secretary PC Parakh and industrialist Kumar Mangalam
Birla. Parakh had by then earned a fine reputation for ability and integrity in
over three decades. as a civil servant. His stint as the top bureaucrat in the
coal ministry was his last posting in a sterling career. The FIR outraged the
civil services and corporate India and was widely condemned by the
intelligentsia of the country.
The book isn't just about the coal seam. It is
also about working with some of the biggest Indian politicians, starting with
chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh. It is about life in the coal ministry with
Mamata Banerjee, Shibu Soren and Dr. Manmohan Singh, who was also the Prime
Minister. It is about the lessons learnt before Parakh met any of these
dignitaries. It is an account that startles with never-before
Product details
Publication Date:
2014-01-31
Publisher:
Manas Publications
Languages:
Published:
English
ISBN10:
8170494877
Weight:
450 g
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