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Congress accuses Gujarat of a Rs 6,000 Cr coal scam over the last 14 years

The Congress on Wednesday affirmed that coal implied for Small and Medium Industries was offered to ventures of different states and a trick of Rs 6,000 crore has become exposed in Gujarat.


The party requested a period bound examination.


It brought up issues, regardless of whether it was occurrence that three boss pastors - - Narendra Modi (CM of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014) was additionally holding the charge of Industry, Mines and Minerals Department from December 2007 to December 2012), Vijay Rupani (August 2016 to September 2021) and Bhupendra Patel (September 2021 till date) - - kept the Industry, Mines and Minerals Department with them.


Tending to a public interview here, Congress representative Gaurav Vallabh said, "Coal removed from mines of Coal India didn't arrive at the enterprises for which it was separated."


"Over the most recent 14 years, 60 lakh huge loads of coal have been sent from the mines of Coal India for the sake of merchants and little ventures of Gujarat. It's normal cost is Rs 1,800 crore at Rs 3,000 for each ton, however rather than offering it to merchants and businesses, it has been sold in different states at a cost of Rs 8,000 to 10,000/ton."


The Congress said that the UPA government had planned an approach in 2007 to give great quality coal at reasonable rates to the little businesses the nation over. Under this approach, coal was extricated each month from the West Coal Field and South-East Coal Field of Coal India for Small and Medium Industries of Gujarat.


Vallabh said, "The Gujarat government needed to send all the data, including the rundown of recipient ventures of coal, the amount of coal expected, from which office the coal will be shipped off Coal India. Alongside this, the Gujarat government additionally needs to send a rundown of State Nominated Agency (SNA). SNA implies the office pronounced by the state government, which is approved to take coal from Coal India to the state's recipients, limited scope ventures, little dealers.


"The data shipped off Coal India by the Gujarat government ended up being misleading. The businesses for the sake of which coal was separated from Coal India in the records didn't arrive at those enterprises.


"Offices purchase coal from Coal India consistently for the sake of recipient businesses of Gujarat, however offices as opposed to giving it to the recipients acquire crores of rupees by selling coal at excessive costs in the open market. It is conceivable that the offices have made phony bills for this game and avoided Income Tax, Sales Tax and GST," said the Congress representative.


--IANS

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