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 …
New Delhi They can do so by paying a fee, but must sell the mined fuel back to govt at a discount Stepping up the gas on coal production, the government proposes to allow companies exploring coal bed methane (CBM) to simultaneously mine coal from the same block. Permission may …
New Delhi With the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) readying a new set of FIRs this week, the coal scam probe is hot again. The agency is preparing to register four fresh cases in connection with its probe related to alleged irregularities in the allocation of captive coal blocks between …
It was one of the seven allotments axed by the government last month as part of an exercise to review the progress of 195 captive coal blocks JSW Steel Ltd might take legal recourse against the government’s recent decision to cancel the allotment of a coal block to the company. …
New Delhi The Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday directed the power and coal ministries to complete the process of signing fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with power developers by November 15. As per an earlier directive, Coal India Limited (CIL) has to sign about 80 FSAs with power producers for projects …
New Delhi The government proposes to constitute an empowered group of officials along the lines of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) as a single-window mechanism for granting statutory clearances to coal mining projects. The purpose is to facilitate and expedite approval process and step up coal production in the …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has informed the Centre that areas having coal deposits should be allocated only to the government companies under the control of host coal bearing state. In a letter sent to the Director of Union Coal ministry P Soma Shekhar Reddy, the state government said that the …
At a time when controversy surrounding block allocations has caught different coal bearing states in a bind, the Ministry of Coal has urged the Odisha government to submit its action taken report at the earliest in connection with illegal coal mining activities. In the light of observations made by the …
New Delhi The shortage of domestic coal is finally beginning to affect development of new power projects in the country with the government proposing to stop acceptance of companies’ applications for fresh coal linkages for a period of three years. It may also restrict provision of long-term coal linkage to …
The coal ministry has asked Reliance Power to stop mining at blocks attached to the 4,000-mw Sasan ultra mega power project (UMPP) as the land has not been legally transferred to it. However, Reliance Power said the issue has been resolved. The ministry sent a letter to Reliance Power on …
The State Government has maintained that the areas having coal deposits should be allocated ‘only’ to government companies under the control of the host coal-bearing state. In a letter to the Union Coal Ministry, the State Government said the coal required by the industries located outside the State can be …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as the Justice MB Saha Commission is investigating the illegal mining activities, the Ministry of Coal has asked the State Government to submit a report on the action taken to curb illegal mining and theft of minerals in the State. Expressing concern over the low rate of conviction …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has informed the Centre that areas having coal deposits should be allocated only to the government companies under the control of host coal bearing state. In a letter sent to the Director of Union Coal ministry P Soma Shekhar Reddy, the state government said that the …
Central public sector company Neyveli Lignite Corp Ltd (NLC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with state-owned Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidhyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL) to set up a power project in the state at an estimated investment of Rs 14,858 crore. A joint venture company between NLC and UPRVUNL …
New Delhi The government is likely to postpone the implementation of coal price pooling because of the strong opposition from consuming states who feel it would raise the cost of power generators and increase tariff for consumers. Under price pooling mechanism, CIL would have subsidised the price of imported coal …
The details of how the reserve price would be calculated and the quantum of the outgo for the world's largest coal miner are yet to be worked out There may be no going back on bidding for coal blocks by the government, but a new policy would put a price …
New Delhi In a bid to protect its revenue stream and maintain margins while fulfilling its obligations to supply higher level of coal to the power sector under the new fuel supply agreement, Coal India is going in for an aggressive strategy to step up output. The focus will be …
New Delhi The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will further widen the scope of its investigations into the coal block allocation scam by looking into the role of officials of Central and state sector PSUs, including NTPC, SAIL and a host of state mineral development corporations. These utilities had got …
The inability of Coal India Ltd (CIL) to cater to power producers has sparked a confrontation between the power and coal ministries, with the power secretary demanding that CIL compensate for the losses of power firms. In a September 26 letter to Coal Secretary S K Srivastava, Power secretary P …
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) today said its joint venture agreement with Delhi-based Sainik Mining and Allied Services Ltd (SMASL) has been cancelled. The JV between OMC and SMASL was signed in 2003 to develop Utkal-D coal block having a reserve of 145 MT in Angul district. It had been …
Expanding the scope of the investigation into the Coalgate, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday began a probe into alleged irregularities in allocation of coal blocks between 1993 and 2004. It has registered a ‘preliminary enquiry’ against companies that got blocks during that period and the government officials who …
