Saryu Roy demands probe into appointment of PwC as consultants to JSMDC

Jamshedpur: Saryu Roy, the ex-minister of Jharkhand, and an independent MLA from Jamshedpur East, has demanded a government probe into the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a foreign audit firm, as the consultants to Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation (JSMDC) at a hefty fee of about Rs. 32 lakhs per month.

In a tweet to the Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Hemant Soren, Saryu Roy said that the appointment of PwC as consultants to the state mineral development corporation caused a loss to the exchequer of about Rs. 80 cr largely due to a ‘bad bid’ made for an unviable coal mine.

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Who appointed Price Water House Cooper, a foreign audit firm,as consultant in Jh State Mineral Dev Corporation(JSMDC) at a hefty fee of about Rs. 32 lakhs/month. @HemantSorenJMM Govt. must probe. It caused loss of abot Rs. 80 cr to JSMDC due to bad bid of an unviable coal mine.
— Saryu Roy (@roysaryu) July 4, 2020

Mr. Roy has also demanded a probe into the role of Ernst & Young in Jharkhand Skill Development Scam. He alleged data forgery and fabrication of highest order for wrongful gain by scamsters at the behest of the ‘then power centre’.

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Role of E&Y in Jharkhand Skill Development scam must be probed deeply by the @HemantSorenJMM Govt. Data forgery and fabricated monitaring of highest order has been resorted to for wrongful gain by scamsters at the behest of the then power centre.
— Saryu Roy (@roysaryu) July 3, 2020

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