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 environment ministry is veering towards considering forest clearance for coal, mining and other infrastructure projects on a case-by-case basis. This move comes as an alternative to the “go/no-go” classification of forests and would take at least two to three years to put in place. In the meantime, the pressure …
New Delhi Coal India (CIL) may barely manage to supply the mandatory 65% of annual coal requirement of power projects this fiscal but could flounder in the next two years and invite a R880-crore penalty, says an internal assessment by the coal ministry. The analysis, factoring in CIL’s production augmentation …
Coal India Limited has postponed its board meeting scheduled for Tuesday to July 16. Though the company has given no reason, it appears to be seeking more time to engage in extensive in-house deliberations before seeking the Board’s approval on price pooling mechanism and reworking the supply trigger. CIL has …
Output can be 152 mt higher by 2017; 102 clearances pending. Public sector miner Coal India Ltd, which is under pressure to increase output to meet domestic demand, has 102 proposals pending at different levels for environmental clearance. This issue will figure in detail at a Parliamentary Consultative Committee meeting …
The CBI, which is probing the Coalgate scam, has shortlisted eight companies that were recipients of coal blocks between 2006 and 2009. These companies are under the scanner of the CBI because of their suspicious credentials, sources said. “The agency will soon call senior representatives of eight companies for certain …
Power major NTPC has expressed hope of getting back three out of its five de-allocated mines from the government this month. “We may get these mines (Chatti Bariatu, Chatti Bariatu (S), Kerandari) this month,” Chairman and Managing Director Arup Roy Choudhury told PTI. The Coal Ministry last year had deallocated …
Already combating a wage burden of Rs 6,500 crore, state-run Coal India Limited (CIL) may have to shoulder a burden of nearly Rs 200 crore more if the Union Cabinet approves coal ministry’s proposal to revise the Performance Related Pay (PRP) of the company’s employees to be paid from its …
With the power ministry opposing the recent plea by state-owned miner, Coal India Ltd (CIL), to bring down the supply commitment level in new pacts with power companies to 65 per cent, an official level meeting in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) today decided to stick to the earlier 80 …
The coal ministry has told the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing alleged irregularities in coal block allocation, that no production had ever been reported from the 64 captive blocks that face allegation of illegal sales. CBI is currently investigating into the allegation that coal produced from these blocks could …
The coal ministry has asked power companies having coal block allocations to participate in the bids for sale of power from end-use projects in line with the guidelines from the ministry of power. Else, they face cancellation of their coal blocks. The directive came after the ministry of power recommended …
Coal ministry threatens to cancel allocation of coal blocks of companies selling power in short-term market at lucrative rates. The coal ministry has threatened to cancel allocation of coal blocks of power companies that are selling power in the short-term market at lucrative rates, and has asked them to enter …
With unavailability of coal posing hurdle to 1320 Mw expansion plan of Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC), the only state-owned thermal power generator, the state government has sought interim coal linkage from Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) from its Basundhara group of mines. The government has requested MCL to provide interim …
New Delhi Environment, public hearing rules may be eased Some relaxation in green norms for coal mining may be on the cards. Keen to step up coal output, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) will discuss on Friday options including an easing of environment and forest clearance norms for 13 Coal …
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has convened a meeting of coal and environment ministries to ascertain the reasons for delay in granting green clearances to 18 mines of Coal India Limited (CIL). The PMO is also working out a methodology to allow CIL to carry out 25 per cent capacity …
New Delhi: The coal ministry has asked power plants with captive coal blocks to sell electricity through bidding process — rather than at negotiated tariffs — initiated by distribution utilities or lose coal mines. The ministry’s directive puts a blanket ban on merchant sale of electricity by private power producers …
LUCKNOW: Even as chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has given a conditional nod to import of coal for the power plants in the state, experts claim the move would escalate the power cost by around 40-60%. The CM on Tuesday told the UP assembly that the government would consider the competitiveness …
The country's steel production capacity has reached 80 MT per annum with plans to ramp it up to 120 MTPA during the current fiscal An inter-ministerial panel will meet later this month to sort out issues impeding big-ticket investments in the steel sector. "An inter-ministerial group (IMG) on July 25 …
Mumbai Shortage of domestic coal, coupled with high cost of imports and delays in receiving approvals, are pushing Indian power producers to build plants overseas or bid for them. India's largest private power producer Tata Power is now evaluating Vietnam, Indonesia, Turkey, Africa and West Asia to build coal, gas …
New Delhi Coal India may now be allowed a lower fuel supply commitment of 65% to power companies as against 80% prescribed earlier, but will pay a much higher penalty of up to 40% of the value of the coal in short supply in case of failure to meet this …
New Delhi Between 2006 and 2009, for a number of relatively obscure firms, getting hold of a coal block was akin to stumbling on a goldmine. The findings of an internal report conducted by the coal ministry on the allocation of resources to private players show that in order to …
