BACKGROUND OF THE CASE:
2000: KG-D6 (Krishna Godavari basin off Andhra coast) block with a contract area of 7645 sq kms awarded to a consortium of RIL and Niko Resources Limited. Central government and this consortium entered into a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for exploration of natural gas.
2004: RIL signed a contract with NTPC to supply gas for its power plants at $ 2.34 (Rs 146.90) mmbtu (One million British Thermal Unit) for 17 years. It also signed a similar contract with a company of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group called the Reliance Natural Resources Limited (RNRL)
2007: Under the RIL pressure, the then petroleum minister Murli Deora revised the gas price to $ 4.2 mmbtu (Rs 262.25), since the company refused to supply gas to the NTPC and RNRL on the agreed price.
2010: Supreme Court ruled that gas belongs to the people of the country and the government should act as a trustee of the people's resources.
Read what Kejriwal said about registering FIR against Deora, Moily, Ambani
New Delhi: Following is the press release issued by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's office today: Delhi government on Tuesday (Feb 1) directed the Anti-Corruption Branch to register an FIR against the chairperson of Reliance
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