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 …
The ongoing controversy over coal blocks has led the government to hasten efforts to introduce auctioning for future allocations, but the framework devised for bidding has ignored a crucial suggestion by the Chawla committee that could prevent eruption of a similar scam in future. This is despite the panel’s clarification …
Three more coal blocks de-allocated. The Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) on coal today recommended deduction of bank guarantee of two blocks, including Jitpur, given to Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) in which Congress MP Naveen Jindal is Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD). The amount of the bank guarantee to be encashed was …
New Delhi The inter-ministerial group (IMG) on Tuesday recommended the cancellation of one more coal block, Macherkunda, and deduction of bank guarantees in case of another two — Jitpur and Chitarpur — for delay in development work. The Macherkunda block belongs to Bihar Sponge Iron while Jitpur and Chitarpur are …
JHARSUGUDA: The Ib Valley Area of MCL, facing closure of six mines for want of environment clearance, is expecting a reprieve. Ib Valley Area general manager R P Gupta on Tuesday said as far as the closed Lajkura opencast mine at Brajrajnagar is concerned, the Environment Advisory Committee, New Delhi, …
IMG recommends bank guarantee deduction of Tata Power and Hindalco JSW Steel and Himachal Emta Power today lost a coal block in West Bengal, while Tata Power and Hindalco Industries are likely to lose the bank guarantee for their block in Jharkhand. Today, the government cancelled the allocation of the …
New Delhi The government on Monday cancelled the allocation of another coal block over allegations of irregularities and deducted bank guarantees of two allottees for failing to develop the mines in time. The cancelled allocation was that of Gourangdih ABC block given to JSW Steel and Himachal EMTA. The move …
On June 4, 2008, Arvind Jain, chairman of CII Chhattisgarh, wrote a letter to the divisional forest officer, Korba, saying that since coal blocks of a few companies fell in the area of a proposed elephant reserve in the district, “the reserve should be shifted to some other location”. The …
Sudhir Kant Sahay is honorary executive director of the company Even as the Coal Ministry on Monday decided to cancel the allocation of the Gourangdih ABC block in West Bengal, owned by Sajjan Jindal’s JSW Steel Ltd. and Himachal EMTA, it delayed action against SKS Ispat, linked to Sudhir Kant …
Change of ownership at Veerangana Steels under scanner The government’s high-level panel looking into the controversial coal block allocations for captive mining has decided against cancelling three blocks, given to Nagpur-based Shree Veerangana Steels. This is despite the company facing the government’s ire for having allegedly sold its blocks by …
Deallocates Gourangdih ABC, jointly given to JSW Steel & Himachal EMTA, with this, govt has approved cancellation of licenses of 5 coal blocks The Government today decided to deallocate one more mine - Gourangdih ABC, jointly given to JSW Steel and Himachal EMTA besides deduction of bank guarantees of two …
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a public interest suit seeking to quash the allotment of 194 coal blocks to private companies in six states. The government will have to respond to six questions from the court. Solicitor General R F Nariman accepted the notice …
An official panel has recommended the cancellation of mining licence of a coal block held jointly by JSW Steel and Himachal EMTA while Tata Steel and Reliance Power will be allowed to retain blocks and face no penalty. The panel, called the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG), has also recommended forfeiting of …
SC rejects government’s contention that PAC is right forum to debate CAG report The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre, seeking an explanation within eight weeks on the alleged misallocation of coal blocks, a development that can provide more muscle to the Opposition’s protests. The apex …
The Supreme Court asked the Centre on Friday to explain if guidelines for distributing the coal “mines of largesse” had been strictly followed. The court questioned the “coincidence” that several blocks were secured by “politicians, their associates and a few private companies”. A bench of Justices R M Lodha and …
apex court has seven queries on: Petitioner’s plea for quashing allotments in six states: Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh. Guidelines framed by the government for allocation of coal blocks. The process adopted for allocation of the coal blocks. Whether guidelines contained any inbuilt mechanism to ensure …
Monnet Ispat may be asked to submit bank guarantee amounting to three years’ royalty Cracking the whip on private companies for failing to develop coal blocks allocated to them within a time frame, the Coal Ministry on Thursday said it accepted the recommendations of the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) and notified …
The IMG also recommended encashing of bank guarantee of three companies The Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) on coal blocks allocation has recommended de-allocation of four mines alloted to private firms and encashment of bank guarantee of three others on the ground of non-development of mines within a prescribed time. "The IMG, …
NEW DELHI: The inter-ministerial group (IMG) on coal blocks allocation has recommended de-allocation of four mines allotted to private firms and encashment of bank guarantee of three others on the ground of non-development of mines within a prescribed time. "The IMG, which reviewed eight cases on Wednesday has recommended de-allocation …
Mulls clause to mandate participation in tariff-based bidding for power The brouhaha over coal block allocations has goaded the government into correcting the policy imperfections that have long prevailed in India’s coal mining sector. It is planning a clause to make it mandatory for captive miners to take part in …
The Central Bureau of Investigation has begun probing six more private mining and coal companies which are believed to have secured coal blocks wrongfully and by misrepresenting facts. A fresh round of first information reports is likely to be registered by month-end, government sources said. The CBI is scrutinising the …
