pranab mukherjee
2G Scam: Chidambaram on the Dock
Prabir Purkayastha, Newsclick, 29 Sept., 2011
UPA is sinking deeper and deeper into mire on the 2G case. It is now clear that the then Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram had indeed given his concurrence to pegging the license fees for 2G in 2008 to 2001 level. This is the core of the 2G scam that has led to a huge loss to the exchequer. It is not, as Kapil Sibal, the current Minister of Communications & IT would have us believe that the scam is merely of procedural violations in award of the licenses. In Kapil Sibal's scheme, there has been “no loss” to the exchequer, a claim repeated ad naseum by him and the Congress spokespersons; only some lapse in which some people jumped the queue and got licenses in preference to others.
2G Scam - Chidambaram's role officially acknowledged
Newsclick Production, 28 Sept., 2011
With notes of Pranab Mukherjee and role of P Chidambaram becoming the focus, the ghost of 2G spectrum scam keeps haunting the UPA, especially Congress. Eminent Journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta speaks to Newsclick on the issue.
'Homilies for the aam aadmi, concessions to the rich'- Shankar Raghuraman on Union Budget 2011
Newsclick Production, March 5, 2011
Deputy Editor of the Times of India, Shankar Raghuraman comments on the Union Budget for 2011-12.
Indian Union Budget 2010: Newsclick Commentary
Newsclick Production, 6 March 2010
Union Budget 2010 has been criticised by the opposition and other commentators as being pro-rich. Newsclick examines.




