In 2018, Chennai-based anti-corruption NGO Arappor Iyakkam had alleged a coal import scam to the tune of Rs 6,066 crore in Tamil Nadu라이브 바카라 electricity board TANGEDCO.
The Ministry of Coal has no information about the Coal Scam involving Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited and Adani Group, says Shiv Sena UBT's Priyanka Chaturvedi. The Shiv Sena UBT MP on February 11 said that the Union Minister was unable to provide answers to her questions in the parliament.
“In my starred question today in the parliament pertaining to status of investigation of 2018 Coal Scam of Rs 6000 crores involving large companies, I was shocked to get a response that the Ministry of Coal has no information about the loot by companies passing off low grade coal and charging high grade quality money,” Chaturvedi wrote on X.
In response to Chaturvedi라이브 바카라 questions, Union Coal and Mines Minister and Telangana BJP president G Kishan Reddy said: “Till now no scam has come of the Ministry of Coal. The question asked has no clarity and we have given all the required answers.”
What Is The Case?
The alleged coal scam involved coal trading between Adani Group and Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation at inflated prices. In 2018, Chennai-based anti-corruption NGO Arappor Iyakkam had alleged a coal import scam to the tune of Rs 6,066 crore. Reports showed that an investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and British daily Financial Times published on May 22, 2018 found that the Adani Group had imported low-quality coal, passed it off as coal of superior quality and sold it to TANGEDCO for three times the price in 2014.
This was a huge loss not just for the state exchequer but also for the environment, because the low-quality, high-polluting coal was subsequently used to fire thermal power plants, a The Wire report showed.
In July 2024, Tamil Nadu government launched a probe into the allegations. Reports showed that the state라이브 바카라 Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) has been instructed to conduct a preliminary enquiry and submit its report in two months.