After protracted wrangling, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) will on Wednesday begin the second round of audit of Reliance Industries spending on the flagging eastern offshore KG-D6 gas block. CAG officials are scheduled to reach RIL's Navi Mumbai office on January 9 to begin the scrutiny, sources privy to the development said. The audit was initially scheduled to begin on January 2, but was deferred to January 9.

It had agreed in May to do a second round of audit of spending in KGD6 block for years 2008-09 to 2011-12 but that could not start due to differences over scope with RIL.