Indian Gov’t Faced With Coal Scandal
A coal laborer walks to fetch drinking water on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. Angry opposition lawmakers shouted and crowded aisles in India’s parliament Tuesday to demand the prime minister resign after an audit found the government lost huge sums of money by selling coal fields without competitive bidding. The auditor’s report estimated that private companies got a windfall profit of $34 billion because of the low prices they paid for the coal fields. <AP Photo/Channi Anand>