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2G spectrum case

Index 2G spectrum case

The 2G spectrum case was a political controversy in which politicians and private officials of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government India were allegedly involved in selling or allotting 122 2G spectrum licenses on conditions that provided an advantage to specific telecom operators. [1]

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  1. 169 relations: A. Raja, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Aditya Birla Group, Advisory opinion, Aircel, Airtel India, Ajit Bharihoke, Akhilesh Yadav, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Ananda Krishnan, Arjun Charan Sethi, Asian Tribune, Asok Kumar Ganguly, Attachment (law), Attorney-General for India, Axiata, Bahujan Samaj Party, Barkha Dutt, Batelco, Bharatiya Janata Party, Biju Janata Dal, Central Bureau of Investigation, Central Vigilance Commission, Centre for Public Interest Litigation, Chargesheet, Chief Justice of India, Coal in India, Communist Party of India, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Concerns and controversies at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Constitution of India, Corporate promoter, Corruption in India, Dara Singh Chauhan, Dayanidhi Maran, Deepender Singh Hooda, Delhi High Court, Department of Telecommunications, Deposition (law), Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Direct-to-home television in India, Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation, Enforcement Directorate, Enterprise value, Essar Group, Estoppel, Etisalat by e&, First information report, Foreign direct investment, Foreign Exchange Management Act, ... Expand index (119 more) »

  2. Auction theory
  3. Internet in India
  4. Mobile phone industry in India
  5. Mobile telecommunication services
  6. Spectrum auctions
  7. Telecommunications in India

A. Raja

Andimuthu Raja (born Sathyaseelan; 26 October 1963) is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu, who serves as Member of Parliament for the Nilgiris constituency and the deputy general secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (born 2 April 1956) is an Indian politician who served as the leader of the Indian National Congress in the 17th Lok Sabha and from 2019 to 2024 and the Member of Parliament from Berhampore from 1999 to 2024.

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Aditya Birla Group

Aditya Birla Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Mumbai, India.

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Advisory opinion

An advisory opinion of a court or other government authority, such as an election commission, is a decision or opinion of the body but which is non-binding in law and does not have the effect of adjudicating a specific legal case, but which merely legally advises on its opinion as to the constitutionality or interpretation of a law.

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Aircel

Aircel Ltd. was an Indian mobile network operator headquartered in Mumbai that offered voice and 2G and 3G data services.

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Airtel India

Airtel India commonly known as Airtel, is the second largest provider of mobile telephony and third largest provider of fixed telephony in India, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services.

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Ajit Bharihoke

Ajit Bharihoke is a former judge of the Delhi High Court.

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Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav (born 1 July 1973) is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry.

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Ananda Krishnan

Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan (Tamil: த. ஆனந்தகிருஷ்ணன்) (born 1 April 1938) is a Malaysian-Tamil entrepreneur, the Chairman of Usaha Tegas Sdn. Bhd. and founder of Yu Cai Foundation (YCF).

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Arjun Charan Sethi

Arjun Charan Sethi (18 September 1941 – June 8, 2020) was an Indian politician.

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Asian Tribune

The Asian Tribune is an online newspaper.

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Asok Kumar Ganguly

Asok Kumar Ganguly is an Indian jurist.

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Attachment (law)

Attachment is a legal process by which a court of law, at the request of a creditor, designates specific property owned by the debtor to be transferred to the creditor, or sold for the benefit of the creditor.

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Attorney-General for India

The Attorney General for India (ISO: Bhārata kē Mahānyāyavādī) is the chief legal advisor of the Government of India.

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Axiata

Axiata Group Berhad (commonly known as Axiata, formerly known as TM International Berhad), is a Malaysian multinational telecommunications conglomerate with extensive operations in Asia.

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Bahujan Samaj Party

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), along with religious minorities.

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Barkha Dutt

Barkha Dutt is an Indian television journalist and author.

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Batelco

Bahrain Telecommunication Company BSC, trading as Batelco (بتلكو), is the principal telecommunications company in Bahrain.

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Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress.

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Biju Janata Dal

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is an Indian regional political party with significant influence in the state of Odisha.

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Central Bureau of Investigation

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is the domestic crime investigating agency of India.

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Central Vigilance Commission

Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is an apex Indian governmental body created in 1964 to address governmental corruption.

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Centre for Public Interest Litigation

The Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) is an Indian non-governmental organisation that conducts litigation on matters of public interest.

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Chargesheet

In policing on the Indian subcontinent, a chargesheet is prepared after first information reports (FIRs), and charges an individual for (some or all of) the crimes specified in those reports.

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Chief Justice of India

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Coal in India

Coal in India has been mined since 1774, and India is the second largest producer and consumer of coal after China, mining in FY 2022.

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Communist Party of India

The Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest communist party in India.

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Comptroller and Auditor General of India

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (ISO: Bhārata kē Niyaṁtraka ēvaṁ Mahālēkhāparīkṣaka) is the supreme audit institution of India, established under Article 148 of the Constitution of India.

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Concerns and controversies at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

A number of concerns and controversies surfaced before the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, which received widespread media coverage both in India (the host nation) and the rest of the world. 2G spectrum case and concerns and controversies at the 2010 Commonwealth Games are criminal investigation and Manmohan Singh administration.

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Constitution of India

The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India.

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Corporate promoter

A corporate promoter is a firm or person who does the preliminary work related to the formation of a company, including its promotion, incorporation, and flotation, and solicits people to invest money in the company, usually when it is being formed.

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Corruption in India

Corruption in India is an issue which affects economy of central, state, and local government agencies.

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Dara Singh Chauhan

Dara Singh Chauhan (born 25 July 1963) is an Indian politician, currently serving as member of legislative council, and formerly represented the Madhuban (Assembly constituency) in Uttar Pradesh as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.

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Dayanidhi Maran

Dayanidhi Murasoli Maran (born 5 December 1966) is an Indian politician and one of the prominent members of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party.

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Deepender Singh Hooda

Deepender Singh Hooda (born 4 January 1978) is an Indian politician.

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Delhi High Court

The High Court of Delhi (दिल्ली उच्च न्यायालय; IAST: dillī uchcha nyāyālaya) was established on 31 October 1966, through the Delhi High Court Act, 1966. It is the highest court performing judicial functions in the NCT of Delhi at the State level.

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Department of Telecommunications

The Department of Telecommunications, abbreviated to DoT, is a department of the Ministry of Communications of the executive branch of the Government of India. 2G spectrum case and department of Telecommunications are telecommunications in India.

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Deposition (law)

A deposition in the law of the United States, or examination for discovery in the law of Canada, involves the taking of sworn, out-of-court oral testimony of a witness that may be reduced to a written transcript for later use in court or for discovery purposes.

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Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud

Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud (born 11 November 1959) is an Indian jurist, who is the 50th and current chief justice of India serving since November 2022.

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Direct-to-home television in India

Direct-to-Home (DTH) television is a method of receiving satellite television by means of signals transmitted from direct-broadcast satellites.

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Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation

The Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation is the law enforcement agency under the Ministry of Finance responsible for investigating violations of India's tax laws, including fraud, evasion and money laundering.

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Enforcement Directorate

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is a law enforcement and economic intelligence agency of the Government of India.

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Enterprise value

Enterprise value (EV), total enterprise value (TEV), or firm value (FV) is an economic measure reflecting the market value of a business (i.e. as distinct from market price).

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Essar Group

Essar Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate company, founded by Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia in 1969.

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Estoppel

Estoppel is a judicial device in common law legal systems whereby a court may prevent or "estop" a person from making assertions or from going back on their word; the person so prevented is said to be "estopped".

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Etisalat by e&

Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC, doing business as etisalat and, is a UAE state-owned telecommunications company.

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First information report

A first information report (FIR) is a document prepared by police organisations in many South and Southeast Asian countries, including Myanmar, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, when they receive information about the commission of a cognisable offence, or in Singapore when the police receive information about any criminal offence.

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Foreign direct investment

A foreign direct investment (FDI) refers to purchase of an asset in another country, such that it gives direct control to the purchaser over the asset (e.g. purchase of land and building).

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Foreign Exchange Management Act

The Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA), is an Act of the Parliament of India "to consolidate and amend the law relating to foreign exchange with the objective of facilitating external trade and payments and for promoting the orderly development and maintenance of foreign exchange market in India".

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Foreign Investment Promotion Board

The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) was a national agency of Government of India, with the remit to consider and recommend foreign direct investment (FDI) which does not come under the automatic route.

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Frequency allocation

Frequency allocation (or spectrum allocation) is the part of spectrum management dealing with the designation and regulation of the electromagnetic spectrum into frequency bands, normally done by governments in most countries.

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G. S. Singhvi

G.S. Singhvi (born 12 December 1948) is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India.

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Gopinath Munde

Gopinath Pandurang Munde (12 December 1949 – 3 June 2014) was an Indian politician from Maharashtra.

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Gurudas Dasgupta

Gurudas Dasgupta (3 November 1936 – 31 October 2019) was an Indian politician and a leader of the Communist Party of India.

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Harin Pathak

Harin Pathak (born 20 July 1947) is an Indian politician who was a member of the fourteenth Lok Sabha of India.

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Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi.

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Idea Cellular

Idea Cellular was an Indian telecommunications company based at Mumbai, Maharashtra.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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India Today

India Today is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media India Limited.

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Indian coal allocation scam

The coal allocation scam, dubbed in the media as '''Coalgate''', is a major political scandal concerning the Indian government's allocation of the nation's coal deposits to public sector enterprise (PSEs) and private companies. 2G spectrum case and Indian coal allocation scam are criminal investigation and Manmohan Singh administration.

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Indian National Congress

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Indian Penal Code

The Indian Penal Code (IPC) was the official criminal code in the Republic of India, inherited from British India after independence, until it was repealed and replaced by Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in December 2023, which came into effect on 1 July 2024.

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Indian Revenue Service

The Indian Revenue Service (IAST), often abbreviated as IRS, is a civil service that is primarily responsible for collecting and administering direct and indirect taxes.

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Indian Telecom Spectrum Auction

In India, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) conducts auctions of licenses for electromagnetic spectrum. 2G spectrum case and Indian Telecom Spectrum Auction are mobile phone industry in India, spectrum auctions and telecommunications in India.

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J. Jayalalithaa

Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016) was an Indian politician and actress who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years over six terms between 1991 and 2016.

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Jai Prakash Aggarwal

Jai Prakash Aggarwal (born 11 November 1944) is a politician from the Indian National Congress party and was a member of the Parliament of India who has represented North East Delhi and Chandni Chowk in Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament and Delhi in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.

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Jan Lokpal Bill

The Jan Lokpal Bill, also referred to as the Citizen's Ombudsman Bill, was a bill drawn up by civil society activists in India seeking the appointment of a Jan Lokpal, an independent body to investigate corruption cases and complete the investigation within a year for envisaging trial in the case getting completed within one year.

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Janata Dal (United)

Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)"), abbreviated as JD(U), is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India.

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Jaswant Singh

Major Jaswant Singh (3 January 193827 September 2020) was an officer of the Indian Army and an Indian Cabinet Minister.

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Joint parliamentary committee

Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) is one type of ad hoc Parliamentary committee constituted by the Indian parliament.

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Kalaignar TV

Kalaignar TV is a Tamil-language general entertainment pay television channel based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Kalanithi Maran

Kalanithi Maran (born 24 July 1964) is an Indian media proprietor.

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Kanimozhi

Kanimozhi Karunanidhi (born 5 January 1968) is an Indian politician, poet and journalist.

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Karti Chidambaram

Karti Chidambaram (born 16 November 1971) is an Indian politician and businessman.

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Kickback (bribery)

A kickback is a form of negotiated bribery in which a commission is paid to the bribe-taker in exchange for services rendered.

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Kishore Chandra Deo

Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo (born 15 February 1947) is an Indian politician and a member of the Telugu Desam Party political party.

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Letters rogatory

Letters rogatory or letters of request are a formal request from a court to a foreign court for some type of judicial assistance.

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Licence Raj

The Licence Raj or Permit Raj (rāj, meaning "rule" in Hindi) is a pejorative for the system of strict government control and regulation of the Indian economy that was in place from the 1950s to the early 1990s.

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List of scandals in India

The following is a list of proven scandals in India since independence, including political, financial and corporate scandals.

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Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha.

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Long and short scales

The long and short scales are two of several naming systems for integer powers of ten which use some of the same terms for different magnitudes.

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Loop Mobile

Loop Mobile India Ltd, formerly BPL Mobile Communications, was an Indian mobile network operator.

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M. Karunanidhi

Muthuvel Karunanidhi (3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018) was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for almost two decades over five terms between 1969 and 2011.

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M. Thambidurai

Munisamy Thambidurai (born 15 March 1947) is an Indian politician who served as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha and leader of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament.

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Mafia Raj

Mafia Raj refers to a criminalised nexus (or 'mafia') of government officials, elected politicians, business interests and other entities (such as law-enforcement authorities, non-governmental organisations, trade unions or criminal organisations).

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Manish Tewari

Manish Tewari (born 8 December 1965) is an Indian lawyer and politician.

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Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh (born 26 September 1932) is an Indian retired politician, economist, academician and bureaucrat who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014.

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Maxis Communications

Maxis Berhad (doing business as Maxis, formerly known as Maxis Communications) is a communications service provider in Malaysia.

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Meira Kumar

Meira Kumar (born 31 March 1945) is an Indian politician and former diplomat.

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Mining scams in India

Mining scams in India (colloquially Indian mining scam) refers to a series of alleged widespread scams in various ore-rich states of India, which has generated controversy.

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Minister of Finance (India)

The Minister of Finance (Vitta Mantrī) (or simply, the Finance Minister, short form FM) is the head of the Ministry of Finance of the Government of India.

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Minister of Home Affairs (India)

The Minister of Home Affairs (or simply, the Home Minister, short-form HM) is the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India.

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Ministry of Finance (India)

The Ministry of Finance (IAST: Vitta Maṃtrālaya) is a ministry within the Government of India concerned with the economy of India, serving as the Treasury of India.

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Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Ministry of I&B) is a ministerial level agency of the Government of India responsible for the formulation and administration of rules, regulations and laws in the areas of information, broadcasting, the press and the Cinema of India.

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Ministry of Law and Justice (India)

The Ministry of Law and Justice (ISO: Vidhi aura Nyāya Maṁtrālaya) in the Government of India is a cabinet ministry which deals with the management of the legal affairs, legislative activities and administration of justice in India through its three departments namely the Legislative Department and the Department of Legal Affairs and the Department of Justice respectively.

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Money laundering

Money laundering is the process of illegally concealing the origin of money, obtained from illicit activities such as drug trafficking, corruption, embezzlement or gambling, by converting it into a legitimate source.

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MTS India

Mobile TeleSystems India (MTS India) was a telecommunications company headquartered in Delhi, India.

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NDTV

New Delhi Television Ltd is an Indian news media company focusing on broadcast and digital news publication.

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Niira Radia

Niira Radia (born on 19 November 1960) is a former corporate lobbyist whose taped telephone conversations implicated her influence in the allocation of key ministries in the Government of India in 2009.

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Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency

Nilgiris is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu.

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Nirmal Khatri

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NSE co-location scam

The NSE co-location scam relates to the market manipulation at the National Stock Exchange of India, India's leading stock exchange. 2G spectrum case and NSE co-location scam are criminal investigation.

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NTT Docomo

, also known as, is a Japanese mobile phone operator owned by the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT).

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Open (Indian magazine)

Open is an Indian English-language weekly magazine.

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Outlook (Indian magazine)

Outlook is a weekly general interest English and Hindi news magazine published in India.

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P. C. Chacko

P.

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P. Chidambaram

Palaniappan Chidambaram (born 16 September 1945), better known as P. Chidambaram, is an Indian politician and lawyer who currently serves as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.

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Paban Singh Ghatowar

Paban Singh Ghatowar (born 6 December 1950) is an Indian politician.

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Parliament of India

The Parliament of India (IAST) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India.

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Pioneer (newspaper)

Pioneer or The Pioneer is the name of the following newspapers.

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Prashant Bhushan

Prashant Bhushan (born 15 October 1956) is an Indian author and a public interest lawyer in the Supreme Court of India.

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Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (No. 49 of 1988) is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to combat corruption in government agencies and public sector businesses in India.

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Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002

Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted by the NDA government to prevent money-laundering and to provide for confiscation of property derived from money-laundering.

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Prime Minister of India

The prime minister of India (ISO) is the head of government of the Republic of India.

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Providence Equity

Providence Equity Partners L.L.C. is a specialist private equity investment firm focused on media, communications, education, and technology investments across North America and Europe.

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Queueing theory

Queueing theory is the mathematical study of waiting lines, or queues.

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Rajya Sabha

The Rajya Sabha (lit: "States' Assembly"), also known as the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India.

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Reliance Communications

Reliance Communications Limited (RCOM) was an Indian mobile network provider headquartered in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra that offered voice and 2G and 3G and 4G data services.

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Reliance Group

Reliance Group is an Indian conglomerate, headquartered in Mumbai, India. The company, which was formed after Dhirubhai Ambani's business was divided up, is headed by his younger son Anil Ambani. Reliance Group has five listed companies, Reliance Power, Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Home Finance, and Reliance Health.

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Rent-seeking

Rent-seeking is the act of growing one's existing wealth by manipulating the social or political environment without creating new wealth.

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Review petition

In India, a binding decision of the Supreme Court/High Court can be reviewed in review petition.

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Right to Public Services legislation

Right to Public Services legislation in India comprises statutory laws which guarantee time bound delivery of services for various public services rendered by the Government to citizen and provides mechanism for punishing the errant public servant who is deficient in providing the service stipulated under the statute.

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S Tel

S Tel Private Limited was a GSM based cellular operator in India.

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S. S. Palanimanickam

S.

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Sahara India Pariwar

Sahara India Pariwar (pariwar being Hindi for "family") is an Indian conglomerate headquartered in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Samajwadi Party

The Samajwadi Party (SP) is a socialist political party in India.

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Saradha Group financial scandal

The Saradha Group financial scandal was a major political scandal caused by the collapse of a Ponzi scheme run by Saradha Group, a consortium of over 200 private companies that was believed to be running collective investment schemes popularly but incorrectly referred to as chit funds in Eastern India. 2G spectrum case and Saradha Group financial scandal are criminal investigation.

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Shahid Balwa

Shahid Usman Balwa (born 1974) is an entrepreneur based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

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Sharad Yadav

Sharad Yadav (1 July 1947 – 12 January 2023) was an Indian politician from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) party.

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Shashi and Ravi Ruia

Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia, commonly referred to as the Ruia Brothers, are Indian billionaires, and the owners of Essar Group, founded in 1969.

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Sistema

AFK Sistema PAO is a large Russian conglomerate company, founded by Vladimir Yevtushenkov, who was chairman of the corporation's board of directors until 2022.

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Sonia Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi (born 9 December 1946) is an Indian politician.

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Speaker of the Lok Sabha

The speaker of the Lok Sabha (IAST) is the presiding officer and the highest authority of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India.

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Sua sponte

In law, sua sponte (Latin: "of his, her, its or their own accord") or suo motu ("on its own motion") describes an act of authority taken without formal prompting from another party.

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Subramanian Swamy

Subramanian Swamy (born 15 September 1939) is an Indian politician, economist and statistician.

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Subrata Roy

Subrata Roy (10 June 1948 – 14 November 2023) was an Indian businessman who founded the business conglomerate Sahara India Pariwar in 1978.

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Sun TV Network

Sun TV Network Limited is an Indian Media conglomerate company headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Surya Kant

Surya "Sury" Kant is a Senior Advisor at Tata Sons Private Limited.

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T. R. Baalu

Thalikkottai Rajuthevar Baalu, better known as T. R. Baalu (called Baalu), is an Indian politician.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (TN) is the southernmost state of India.

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Tata Group

The Tata Group is a group of companies headquartered in Mumbai, India.

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Tata Play

Tata Play is an Indian Subscription based Satellite television (DTH) service provider using MPEG-4 digital compression technology, transmitting using INSAT-4A GSAT-10 and GSAT-24 satellites.

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Tata Teleservices

Tata Teleservices Limited along with its subsidiary Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited is an Indian internet services provider and IT services company headquartered in Mumbai, India.

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Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is a regulatory body set up by the Government of India under section 3 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997.

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Telenor

Telenor ASA is a Norwegian majority state-owned multinational telecommunications company headquartered at Fornebu in Bærum, close to Oslo.

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Telenor India

Telenor (India) Communications Private Limited, formerly known as Uninor, was an Indian mobile network operator.

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The Economic Times

The Economic Times is an Indian English-language business-focused daily newspaper.

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The Financial Express (India)

The Financial Express is an Indian English-language business newspaper owned by The Indian Express Group.

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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The Indian Express

The Indian Express is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932 by Ramnath Goenka with an investment by capitalist partner Raja Mohan Prasad.

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The Times Group

Bennett Coleman and Company Limited (abbreviated as B.C.C.L. and d/b/a The Times Group) is an Indian media conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

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The Times of India

The Times of India, also known by its abbreviation TOI, is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group.

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Thoothukudi

Thoothukudi (formerly Tuticorin) is a port city, a municipal corporation, and an industrial city in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Trinamool Congress

The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the state of West Bengal.

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Unitech Group

Unitech Limited is an Indian real estate investment company headquartered in New Delhi, The Economic Times.

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United Nations Convention Against Corruption

The United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) is the only legally binding international anti-corruption multilateral treaty.

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United Progressive Alliance

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA; IAST: Saṁyukt Pragatiśīl Gaṭhabandhan) was a political alliance in India led by the Indian National Congress. 2G spectrum case and United Progressive Alliance are Manmohan Singh administration.

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Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam

Uttar Pradesh NRHM Scam is an alleged corruption scandal in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, in which top politicians and bureaucrats are alleged to have siphoned off a massive sum estimated at from the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), a central government program meant to improve health care delivery in rural areas.

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Videocon Group

Videocon Industries Limited is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Mumbai.

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Videocon Telecom

Videocon Telecommunications Limited, formerly Videocon Mobile Services, was an Indian cellular service provider that offered GSM mobile services in India under the brand name Videocon.

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Vikram Nath

Vikram Nath (born 24 September 1962) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India.

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Vinod Goenka

Vinod Goenka is an Indian real-estate developer.

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Vinod Rai

Vinod Rai (born 23 May 1948) is a former IAS officer who served as the 11th Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

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Vir Sanghvi

Vir Sanghvi (born 5 July 1956) is an Indian print and television journalist, author, columnist and talk show host.

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Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha (born 6 November 1937) is an Indian administrator and politician.

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1992 Indian stock market scam

The 1992 Indian stock market scam was a market manipulation carried out by Harshad Shantilal Mehta with other bankers and politicians on the Bombay Stock Exchange. 2G spectrum case and 1992 Indian stock market scam are criminal investigation.

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2011 Indian anti-corruption movement

The Indian anti-corruption movement, popularly known as Anna Andolan, was a series of demonstrations and protests across India that began in 2011 and was intended to establish strong legislation and enforcement against perceived endemic political corruption. 2G spectrum case and 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement are Manmohan Singh administration.

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2G

2G is a short notation for second-generation cellular network, a group of technology standards employed for cellular networks. 2G spectrum case and 2G are mobile telecommunications.

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See also

Auction theory

Internet in India

Mobile phone industry in India

Mobile telecommunication services

Spectrum auctions

Telecommunications in India

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2G_spectrum_case

Also known as 2G Scam, 2G Spectrum scam, 2G case, 2G spectrum allocation case, 2G spectrum scam (Alleged), Indian 2G spectrum scam.

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