{"product_id":"parakh-pc-crusader-or-conspirator-coalgate-and-other-truths-9788170494874","title":"Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and Other Truths","description":"Language: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 (9 B\/W Illustrations)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2012, a controversy over allocation of coal\u003cbr\u003eblocks to private companies rocked the country. The government's finance\u003cbr\u003ewatchdog- the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) - found the government had picked\u003cbr\u003efavourites and avoided open and competitive bidding which would have generated\u003cbr\u003efar more revenue for a cash-starved state. The CAG concluded that India had\u003cbr\u003elost ` 1.861akh crore (over $ 30 billion) in the\u003cbr\u003eprocess, all of which went to the private companies. It was the biggest\u003cbr\u003erecorded seam in the history of India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI),\u003cbr\u003eIndia's premier investigation agency, then filed an FIR against the top officer\u003cbr\u003ein the coal ministry-Secretary PC Parakh and industrialist Kumar Mangalam\u003cbr\u003eBirla. Parakh had by then earned a fine reputation for ability and integrity in\u003cbr\u003eover three decades. as a civil servant. His stint as the top bureaucrat in the\u003cbr\u003ecoal ministry was his last posting in a sterling career. The FIR outraged the\u003cbr\u003ecivil services and corporate India and was widely condemned by the\u003cbr\u003eintelligentsia of the country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book isn't just about the coal seam. It is\u003cbr\u003ealso about working with some of the biggest Indian politicians, starting with\u003cbr\u003echief ministers of Andhra Pradesh. It is about life in the coal ministry with\u003cbr\u003eMamata Banerjee, Shibu Soren and Dr. Manmohan Singh, who was also the Prime\u003cbr\u003eMinister. It is about the lessons learnt before Parakh met any of these\u003cbr\u003edignitaries. It is an account that startles with never-before","brand":"Manas Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53908692238678,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/parakh-pc-crusader-or-conspirator-coalgate-and-other-truths-9788170494874","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}