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 …
7 Allocations During NDA Tenure In List. New Delhi: The government may be standing firm against scrapping coal block allotments to private companies but a high-level official panel for monitoring progress in these mines is pitching for largescale de-allocation to “defuse the current crisis” over Coalgate. “Out of the 90 …
Amid controversy over coal block allocation, the Government may take a final call next month on the fate of 58 mines, which companies have failed to develop, as Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has directed officials to submit a final report on their status by September 15. The Government in April …
Even as the controversy over the Comptroller and Auditor-General’s (CAG) report on coal blocks allocation that reportedly caused a loss of Rs. 1.86 lakh crore to the national exchequer rages, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has said coal allocations and mining, in future, should be done through the public …
The Central Bureau of Investigation is finalising a report on its probe into the allocation of coal blocks and is understood to have unearthed discrepancies in the allocations, with the involvement of officials of State governments at various levels. The CBI is preparing the ground for lodging of a first …
An inter-ministerial panel under the coal ministry will decide the fate of allocation of 17 captive coal blocks allotted to big corporate houses, next week. This is on the back of severe delays in their development. This comes close on the heels of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigating …
With investment running into thousands of crores of rupees languishing due to fuel supply constraints for power plants, a mega delegation comprising heads of 24 private sector power companies will meet Power Minister M Veerappa Moily on Friday. Private companies contributed 26 per cent — Rs 166,000 crore — of …
Even as CAG readies more ammunition to fight criticism from the prime minister down & BJP continues to stall Parliament, govt stands firm in its resolve to rebuff charges of wrongdoing in allocation of coal blocks No Cancellation of Blocks: Jaiswal ROHINI SINGH & HIMANGSHU WATTS NEW DELHI Coal Minister …
New Delhi The axe is likely to fall on about two dozen captive coal block allottees that feature in both the CAG list of companies making windfall gains and the list of entities that were issued show-cause notices by the coal ministry last year for sluggish progress on their respective …
In ’07, Govt Said Auction Won’t Hike Coal Prices, Now HRD Minister Says The Opposite New Delhi: HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday forcefully defended his government’s decision not to auction coal blocks, arguing that doing so would have pushed the price of the crucial mineral too high for many …
Will Take Up Issue Of Govt’s Failure To Encash Bank Guarantees With PAC New Delhi: The coal ministry may not get away with cancellation of coal blocks to private companies that have failed to start production. Authorities may face action as the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has decided to …
New Delhi: The government is looking at cancelling 53 captive coal block allocations that have come under the coal ministry’s scanner for the failure of allottees to meet timelines for starting production, sources indicated on Wednesday. Several big corporates, including Tata, Arcelor Mittal and Jindal groups are among those facing …
Bhubaneswar: The state government on Tuesday informed the State Assembly that it had sent 45 recommendations to the Centre for allocation of coal blocks during the last 12 years. Making a statement in the House on the admissibility of an adjournment motion brought by Opposition Congress on the recommendations made …
New Delhi Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Monday said that no coal block was given away to companies during his tenure and only a few allotment letters were issued in respect of blocks that were awarded during the first term of the UPA government. In reply to allegations levelled by …
Even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought to introduce competitive bidding for coal blocks within months of the UPA coming to power in 2004 and approved a cabinet note to the effect in August that year, the move was opposed within days by a dozen MPs from across parties, it …
Shaken by the adverse comments made by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on the government’s captive coal blocks allocation policy, the coal ministry is planning to conduct a fresh audit of all cement, steel and power companies that have been allocated such blocks. The aim is to ensure the …
Most of the members of Group of Ministers raise objections, oppose transfer of executive powers to regulator. The long-awaited coal regulator can turn out to be a routine approving authority, not an independent body, as different ministries are not willing to surrender control over pricing of the resource or the …
Says information on additional coal in three blocks that were dedicated to Sasan UMPP were known to all bidders Reliance Power Ltd (RPL), developer of the Sasan ultra mega power project, has denied receiving a financial benefit of . 29,033 crore for being permitted to use surplus coal in another …
With the CBI intensifying its probe into the Rs 1.86 crore alleged coal blocks allocation scam, the coal ministry has decided to subject allocated blocks of at least twelve companies, including Tata Steel to strict scrutiny. It has asked these firms to urgently furnish their updated status. The coal ministry …
A day after coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal accused five coal rich states including Odisha of blocking the process of competitive bidding of the dry fuel, chief minister Naveen Patnaik shot back at the Centre, defending his government's stand on the issue. “Coal is a subject on which the central government …
While the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) thinks the private coal miners could rip off Rs 1,85,591 crore from the state, the coal ministry has had to threaten companies with invoking bank guarantees to make them work on their mines. The threat was issued this month by an inter-ministerial group …
