Tag: UPA

CBI raids DoT offices over spectrum scam

by Nilesh on Nov.02, 2009, under Guest Blogger
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By RC

The CBI raided some offices of the DoT seeking evidence about the 2G spectrum allocation irregularities. The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday raided top Department of Telecommunications (DoT) officials on allegations that they had colluded with private companies in issuing licences and allotting spectrum to new players on a first come, first served basis last year.

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NREGA is broken

by offstumped on Oct.20, 2009, under Blogs, Offstumped
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A poor country will have many poor people; a state that tries to abolish poverty with subsidies is a Sisyphus.

It cannot abolish them; but it can incidentally generate enormous corruption.

The national rural employment guarantee programme has done so; a study done by Anil Sharma for National Council of Applied Economic Research has provided evidence. It is safe to say that the UPA’s flagship Entitlement program at the Tax payer’s…

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