CAG to present controversial Coalgate report before PAC

21 Sep 2012 Evaluate

At a meeting that is expected to be stormy, the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) led by Vinod Rai will make a presentation explaining its controversial CAG report on coal block allocations before the Murli Manohar Joshi- headed Public Accounts Committee (PAC), on Sept 21.

The first PAC meeting on the Coalgate report, which led to Parliament’s monsoon session getting washed out, is expected to be crucial one as a whole new side could be revealed in the PAC discussion about whether the Rs 1.86-lakh-crore loss estimate on account of delaying coal auctions appropriately represent the situation or whether the CAG used a soft touch.

However, disparity could emerge from the wide gap between the initial Rs 10.67-lakh-crore revenue loss estimate reported in a draft report in March 2012 and the whittled-down Rs 1.86-lakh-crore figure presented in the final report. Furthermore, after presentation by CAG team in the morning, officials of the coal ministry will face the PAC on the issue of allocations in the afternoon session of the Committee.

Moreover, back on August 23, PAC decided to examine the four latest reports of the CAG, including the one on coal block allocation. Meanwhile, the other CAG reports that are scheduled for deliberation include the ones on Delhi International Airport, Ultra Mega Power Plants and Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB).

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