The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has said that the draft report on the 2G spectrum case, which had pegged the losses caused by spectrum allocation at Rs 26.45 billion, could not conclusively bring out the potential loss and only highlighted possibilities.
CAG has also denied that CAG Vinod Rai had discouraged R.P. Singh, former director general, then DG, audit (post and telecommunications), who led the audit procedure in the 2G case, from asking the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for its comments for the final report.
CAG also said that the first draft reported prepared by the Delhi branch office of the director general of post and telecommunications on April 20, 2010 included the figure of Rs 483.74 billion as the loss caused in the 2G case.
Thereafter, the report was redrafted by Singh, who calculated the possible figures of loss using three methods, and sent this to the CAG’s office in May 2010.
The CAG added that the Rs 657.25 billion figure was calculated on the basis of the offer made by S tel. however, Singh opined that the figure was invalid, as S tel had withdrawn the offer in the High Court.
The CAG said, “The Rs 1.39 trillion figure, based on 3G auction rates was calculated, of which, a loss of Rs 367.29 billion was calculated on the total additional 2G spectrum beyond the 6.2 MHz spectrum allocated to the operators and was included in the report.?
