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> Nothing mined , nothing lost > The UPA II spokes persons resort to this spacious answer to ward of the > attack of the BJP. Out 57 blocks alloted only one was in operation,Why so > ? What was then the tearing hurry in allocation, when the auction route was > contemolated in right earnest ?The defense to 2G and Coalgate scams is > identical, as there was zero loss in the former. Arent the future > estimatesof unmined coal valued presumptively like the CAG? A Raja was > finally jailed, but the P.M under whom the coal Ministry lies, similarly > ,even refuses to resign.During the last 3 years 20 times more coal blocks > were granted, giving undue advantage to private parties. The UPA II in its > wisdom wanted to modify the same NDA scheme into auction mode, as was > being recommended. It took them several years, and during the intervening > period continued with the old scheme The BJP ruled states rich in this > resource wanted bebfits to be ploughed back in the development of their own > states and hence adopted an obstructionism posture. Hence delay of auction > policy was in the process of convincing and persduading the States to come > on board, which they eventually did in National interests The auction route > is the best decision to safe guard and improve and UPAII cannot be accused > merely because of the delay in implemmenting it., forgetting them as the > first initiators. The fact remains that the Govt. earnestly believed in > competetive bidding.The presumptive lossof 1.86 crores is considered as > speculative and not accepted The presumptive loss in 2 G case was > strenghtened by the resale of licences at considerable prices, thus > positively defruading the exchequer of natural wealth and resources and > the loss was thus extrapolated > The allotment was supposed to and intended to provide coal to the thermal > power plants, functioning below capacity due to shortage of coal. > Environmental objections added to the problem and the transfer of the > environmemt Minister didd not much improve the ground situations. The > import of coal was prohibitive in costs If the alloted mines were to > function and be operative effectively ,as was envisaged to give a boost to > economicslow down, it would have addressed the avaiability of coal and > added to the revenue of the Govt. The loss is thus accounted for. Besides > other coal users like steel and fertilizers industries were to be given a > fillip, This strategy did not fructify.Power shortages did perhaps benefit > the private providers and fueled the sale of related products, like > generators, inveters. The BJP in carrying a tirade on resignation of the > P.M and blocking the functioning of the Parliament, a second time is > setting bad precedents of obstructionism and destroying the Parliamentary > Democracy and the Institutions for narrow political mileage. It appears shy > of the challenge for deabte by the UPA II , the proper forum of the > Parliament.The recommendations for favoured coal blocks by Raman Singh , > Naveen Patnaik, the States like Jarkand, Madya Pradesh, Chattisgarrh stand > to be exposed putting BJP in the dock. The BJP could force a vote at the > end of the deabte for proper conclusions The people also have ineniable > right also to hear the views of the Govt, on the issiue in the Parliament > and thus shift the wheat from ths chaff The public is convinced that both > the parties are hell bent upon exposing each other, but the truth. Apart > from the BJP no other party is lending any support to the ongoing slaughter > of the Congress in the Govt or are they keen in early elections. except may > be Mulayam and Jayalalita, > Nelson Lopes chinchinim
