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 …
State-run Coal India (CIL) has given in to pressure from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the coal ministry and on Tuesday agreed to pay up a sizeable penalty if it fails to supply the contracted quantity of the fuel. CIL has also accepted another demand of the government, and …
The increase in corruption in coal is closely linked to the increasing importance of this mineral in the economy and of the industry in political funding. And the rot in coal runs deep and wide, reports M Rajshekhar It was a roundtable on ‘campaign finance reforms in India’, but it …
The coal ministry has halved the production targets of captive coalmines owned by the private as well as public sector companies, a decision that is likely to exacerbate the shortage of the fuel supply in the country. The Results Framework Document prepared by the coal ministry has set the production …
New Delhi: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar managed to get coal linkage for Barauni Thermal power plant crucial for the power-starved state, thanks to an intervention by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Unmoved by Kumar’s intense campaign for a coal linkage, the coal ministry had turned down the demand for assured …
Aiming to give a positive message to foreign investors about the coal sector, the Government has invited them to infuse money in it to realise its growing potential considering the fact that demand for the dry fuel is gradually increasing. Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal, who is currently leading a roadshow …
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has issued notices to the Centre and the coal ministry on a petition filed by UK-based fund TCI (The Children Investment Management Fund) against coal ministry's "interference" in state-run Coal India's pricing policy. TCI, which owns 1% in Coal India, has sought the court's …
The state government, which is contemplating to offload 74 per cent stake in Odisha Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (OTPCL), a 50:50 joint venture between Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) and Odisha Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC), is keen to emulate the steps of Chhattisgarh to go about it. The Chhattisgarh government recently …
500 mn tonne worth of coal mines is target for acquisitions by 2020 International Coal Ventures Limited, or ICVL, was the epitome of India’s babudom running public sector undertakings (PSUs). Five major public PSUs — NTPC, SAIL, NMDC, Coal India and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL) — with a war chest …
New Delhi Jindal Power continues to sell electricity from its Tamnar power plant on a merchant basis, ignoring the coal ministry’s recent directive that stipulates that power plants running on captive coal must not quote a higher price for power supply in tariff bidding than those offered by generating stations …
Coal Ministry asks producers to take part in procurement bids. Independent power producers (IPP) with coal block allocations must participate in the bids for power procurement called for by discoms. Discoms are distribution utilities that procure power and distribute it. Failure to do so may lead to cancellation of coal …
A meeting of the nine-member ministerial panel set up to frame the powers of the proposed regulator for the coal sector remained inconclusive today. However, a general consensus emerged on the contentious issue of assigning pricing power to the proposed authority. This, if implemented, would deprive state-owned Coal India Ltd …
Stepping up its probe into the allocation of coal blocks, the CBI has begun questioning of the members of screening committees of the Ministry of Coal, who purportedly recommended the allocations of coal blocks to private companies between 2006 and 2009. The agency has registered a preliminary enquiry in June …
Odisha and Kerala are set to tie up for setting up a 1,000 MW pit-head coal-fired power plant close to the Baitarani west coal block under Talcher coalfields in Angul district. The power project is estimated to cost Rs 4,500 - Rs 5000 crore. The Baitarani west coal block with …
Large swathes of coal-bearing areas in forests, national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, tiger reserves and elephant corridors may soon be out of bounds for mining activities as a high-level committee of the Union environment ministry has recommended that they be classified as “inviolate” areas. The recommendations have triggered anxiety within the …
Commercial sale to be governed by Oil Ministry norms. The tussle between Coal and Petroleum Ministries over extraction of coal mine methane (CMM) has been sorted out, with the Petroleum Ministry now agreeing to the proposal of allowing Coal India Ltd to explore CMM. But, the approval comes with a …
‘Concern over poor quality of coal allocation for State power plants’ Haryana on Tuesday urged the Centre to provide additional required power during peak hours besides higher allocation of power from Central sector projects including mega power plants. Speaking at the Power Ministers’ conference in New Delhi, Haryana Power Minister …
Need of alternate line between capital cities via Rajouri-Poonch stressed JAMMU: In order to meet the electricity requirement during winter months when generation from hydro projects comes down considerably, State Government has demanded one each Thermal and Solar Power Projects from the Union Government besides alternate transmission line between Jammu …
The board of state-owned miner Coal India (CIL) would meet on July 31 to decide on the contentious issue of the format of fuel supply agreements (FSAs)with power companies. So far, the meeting has been postponed five times. New FSAs have become a bone of contention, as a lot of …
New Delhi Bajaj Hindusthan’s R12,000-crore Lalitpur thermal power project in Uttar Pradesh seems to be in trouble, with the coal ministry making it clear that it is not in a position to commit coal supply to the project under the power ministry’s 12th Plan capacity addition programme. The Shishir Bajaj-led …
The States have agreed to implement price-pooling mechanism of coal, the Coal Minister, Mr Sriprakash Jaiswal, told newspersons. “A major hurdle has been sorted. The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has communicated that States have agreed to price-pooling mechanism for coal prices. They do not have any problem,” said Mr Jaiswal. …
