If OEMs refuse to return money, legal recourse will be taken: Kamran Rizvi

'We are in the process of coming up with the next round of bids for 20 gigawatt of capacity'

Amid the ongoing investigation against 17 original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) over violations of the phased manufacturing programme (PMP) and ex-factory price norms, KAMRAN RIZVI, secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries, warns the errant companies of legal action — ranging from civil liability to criminal liability — if they refuse to return the wrongfully claimed subsidy money to the government. In an interview with Nitin Kumar, he also says that the wheels are moving towards a third phase of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles (FAME) scheme. Edited excerpts: 

The ministry is probing 17 OEMs under its localisation and