The CBI has now filed case against former DOT Secretary Shyamal Ghosh and former DDG J.R.Gupta for having given favours to the private companies by granting additional spectrum during the time of Communications Minister Promod Mahajan causing a loss of about Rs. 500 crores. Since former Minister Promod Mahajan has died he is not cahrged.
It seems that almost all the Communication Ministers after the introduction of the neo-liberal policy in the 1990s have patronised the private companies and granted favours while the BSNL and MTNL were discriminated.