Lashing out at the Congress, the government reiterated its commitment in recovering every penny lost due to the telecom scam
"CAG Report on understatement of revenue by six Telecom Service Providers by Rs 46,000 crore was received in February 2016. The report pertains to four years i.e. 2006-07 to 2009- 2010 which is before the tenure of this government," the Department of Telecom said in a statement.
The Supreme Court sent a notice to Sanjay Chandra, managing director of Unitech Ltd as it agreed to hear CBI's plea to cancel his bail in the 2G spectrum allocation scam.
In a relief for former telecom minister Sukhram who has been sentenced to five years in jail in the 1996 telecom scam, the Delhi High Court granted him bail on a surety of of Rs 10 lakh and on the condition that he cannot leave the country during this period.
In the high profile 2G scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has not found any evidence against Aircel, under C Sivasankaran and the NRI entrepreneur and feels that the company might have been victimized.
CNBC-TV18 learns that Shivraj Patil’s report has named A Raja for procedural lapses in the telecom 2G scandal. The report named seven Department of Telecom officers along with Raja.