Concensus eluded empowered group of ministers on telecom over the allocation of 3G mobile services. The Panel headed by the Finance Minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee, met in New Delhi to finalise the notice inviting applications (NIA) from the potential operators to participate in the forthcoming auctioning for 3G spectrum. The EGoM had decided in its last meeting that four blocks of 3G spectrum would be auctioned whereas the draft NIA document projected only three blocks.