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2G Spectrum Scam Analysis

This document is a project submission on 2G spectrum by students Sakshi Khulve, Shubhangi Baranwal, and Ritvick Mishra. It discusses the 2008 allocation of 122 2G licenses by the Indian government, which was found to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2012. According to a CAG audit, licenses were granted to ineligible corporations and those concealing information. The CBI estimated the scam resulted in a loss of ₹3,098,455 million, though TRAI said the government gained over ₹30 billion from selling the spectrum. The Supreme Court cancelled the 122 licenses issued under then-Minister A. Raja due to the allocation being arbitrary and unconstitutional

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2G Spectrum Scam Analysis

This document is a project submission on 2G spectrum by students Sakshi Khulve, Shubhangi Baranwal, and Ritvick Mishra. It discusses the 2008 allocation of 122 2G licenses by the Indian government, which was found to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2012. According to a CAG audit, licenses were granted to ineligible corporations and those concealing information. The CBI estimated the scam resulted in a loss of ₹3,098,455 million, though TRAI said the government gained over ₹30 billion from selling the spectrum. The Supreme Court cancelled the 122 licenses issued under then-Minister A. Raja due to the allocation being arbitrary and unconstitutional

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PROJECT ON

2 G SPECTRUM

SUBMITTED FOR
PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEGREE OF
B.A.LL.B. (H.)

SUBMITTED BY
SAKSHI KHULVE
SHUBHANGI BARANWAL
RITVICK MISHRA
B.A, LLB, IXTH SEM

SUBMITTED TO
Asst. Professor
M/s POOJA
ABSTRACT
India is divided into 22 telecommunications zones, with 281 zonal licenses. In 2008, 122
new second-generation 2G Unified Access Service (UAS) licenses were granted to telecom
companies on a first-come, first-served basis at the 2001 price. According to a CAG audit,
licenses were granted to ineligible corporations, those with no prior experience in the telecom
sector and those who had concealed relevant information. The 2G spectrum case was a $40
billion scam allegedly committed by the politicians and government officials under the United
Progressive Alliance (Congress) coalition government in India. The Union Government of that
time was accused of undercharging mobile, telephone companies for frequency allocation
licences, which they used to create 2G spectrum subscriptions for cell phones. In a charge sheet
filed on 2 April 2011 by the CBI, the loss was pegged at ₹3,098,455 million . In a 19 August
2011 reply to the CBI, TRAI said that the government had gained over ₹30 billion by selling 2G
spectrum. On 2 February 2012, the Supreme Court of India ruled on a Public Interest Litigation
(PIL) related to the 2G spectrum allocation. The court declared the allotment of spectrum
"unconstitutional and arbitrary", cancelling the 122 licenses issued in 2008 under A. Raja,
the Minister of Communications & IT from 2007 to 2009.

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