Counter affidavit on behalf of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in OA No 580 of 2022 Mukesh Singh Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others. The report dated May 13, 2025 related to the Khadia Opencast Coal Mine Expansion Project located in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, and …
Undersigned is directed to state that the guidelines for formulation of Mining plan and Mine Closure Plan has been amended. It has been decided by the Government that all coal (including lignite) mining operations in India shall henceforth be governed as per modified guidelines.
Undersigned is directed to state that the guidelines for formulation of Mining plan and Mine Closure Plan has been amended. It has been decided by the Government that all coal (including lignite) mining operations in India shall henceforth be governed as per modified guidelines.
In connection with the allocation of coal blocks the Central Government shall - (a) identify the coal blocks for allocation as per the standard technical parameters; (b) specify the manner of allocation through - (i) auction; or (ii) allotment to Government Company or corporation under clause (a) of the proviso …
The Ministry of Coal on April 13, 2020 has published the draft Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Amendment Rule, 2020 to further amend the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Rule, 2014.
The Master Plan for dealing with fire, subsidence and rehabilitation in the lease hold of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) and Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) was approved on 12th August 2009 by Government of India in which numbers of families residing in unsecure and unsafe areas in coal mines were …
The total estimated coal resources in the country is about 326495.63 million tonnes (MT) as per “The inventory of Geological Resources of Indian Coal” (as on 01.04.2019), prepared by the Geological Survey of India. The total coal extracted from the coalfields of India during 2018-19 is 730.35 MT and the …
Public sector mining giant Coal India Ltd supplied 488 million tonne (MT) of fuel to the power sector in the 2018-19 fiscal, registering an increase of 7.4 per cent over the previous year. The world's largest coal miner had dispatched 454.2 MT of coal to the power sector in 2017-18, …
Judgement of the High Court of Delhi in the matter of Reliance Power Ltd. & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 06/06/2018 regarding cancellation of coal block Chhatrasal for the Sasan UMPP and the supply of surplus quantity of coal upto a maximum of 9 Million Metric Tons …
The task force recommended rationalisation of existing sources on case to case basis for 19 thermal power plants of PSUs Rationalisation of sources of coal for power plants under PSUs has resulted in annual savings of Rs 33.54 billion, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. "Coal India has rationalised sources of …
Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Saryu Roy, who has also been a major driving force behind cleansing dangerously polluted Damodar River, has urged the Union Government to fund a related study to be taken up by Central Institute of Mines and Fuel Research (CIMFR). The proposal submitted by the …
The ministry was regularising production for the last 18 months as power plants were not lifting coal due to its easier availability and record production Coal supply situation to the power plants across India is likely to ease by early October. While addressing a gathering at Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, …
NEW DELHI: The government is considering approaching the Supreme Court to deter power companies from surrendering coal mining projects they have won in auctions for captive use. Of the five companies that got producing coal blocks after aggressive bids, two are considering surrendering them, while another two are unable to …
Wary of losing Coal India’s pricing power, the Piyush Goyal-led Ministry of Coal has raised reservations over the draft National Energy Policy, which favours aligning domestic coal prices with international rates. The lack of consensus between the Centre and the ministry has delayed the policy, which has been in the …
The Ministry of Coal has asked the Environment Ministry to expedite the process of green clearances to state-owned CIL washeries so that the company can provide quality coal to its customers. In a meeting last month, Coal Minister Piyush Goyal requested Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change …
MECL will conduct the study in Godavari valley. Visakhapatnam: Union ministry of coal accorded permission to Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL) for a detailed exploration of the Godavari valley region to ascertain the volume and quality of the coal reserves. In a preliminary regional exploration done by MECL, these reserves …
Apart from determining whether cartelisation had taken place in the e-auction of coal fields, another objective of the CAG audit of coal block allocations was to determine the robustness and efficiency of the e-auction process from design and implementation right up to the coal production stage. The CAG, however, was …
The Indian arm of the Amnesty International, a global NGO on human rights, on Wednesday released a comprehensive report on flip side of coal mining operations in Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand, highlighting a pattern of human rights violations in open-cast mines run by different subsidiaries of the state-owned Coal India …
Batting for the coal bearing states, Odisha government today asked the Centre to revise the coal royalty without further delay besides share in the Clean Environment Cess. "You would appriciate that these issues are of critical importance to socio-economic development of the state. I am hopeful that you will personally …
The coal ministry wants mining to be allowed till river boundaries, leaving just 15 metres of protected area Of the 835 coal blocks surveyed, the environment ministry’s Forest Survey of India (FSI) has found that mining would have to be partly restricted in 417 to safeguard the rivers. The coal …
Documents accessed by Greenpeace India under RTI law shows that mining is on in four inviolate forest areas and 117 zones encroaching river beds As many as 417 out of 835 current and future coal blocks must be categorised as ‘inviolate areas’ as per hydrological parameters, information obtained under the …
