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Govt has nothing to hide on missing coal files: PM

September 3: Echoing what Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal stated a few days ago, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said: "The government is making all efforts to locate the papers" and that "the government has nothing to hide" on the issue.

"The fact that more than 150,000 pages of documentation have already been handed over to the CBI clearly shows that our intention to facilitate the process of investigation cannot be called into question," he said.

He also said that it is too early to confirm that some files are indeed missing. "In its order dated August 29, 2013, the Supreme Court has directed that within five days the CBI shall provide a comprehensive list of documents and records which remain outstanding and, thereafter within two weeks the government will hand over the available papers to the CBI.

If the government is unable to locate some of these papers within the stipulated time, then, as directed by the Supreme Court, a report will be filed with the CBI for appropriate inquiry and investigation," he said.