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 coal ministry on Tuesday denied having received any report from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on irregularities to the tune of over Rs 1.80 lakh crore in coal block allocations and said that all coal blocks were allocated in a transparent manner. “The media has been asking me, …
Power companies have refused to ink fuel supply pacts with the miner due to insertion of new clauses The Coal Ministry has asked Coal India to examine issues, including changes in penalty clause, raised by the power producers regarding the model fuel supply agreement. The move comes against the backdrop …
More than eight months after the government scrapped the controversial ‘no-go’ policy, which had banned mining in some areas, state-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) is still struggling to operate its new projects located in the so-called no-go areas in the absence of a formal go-ahead from the environment ministry. The …
State-Owned Cos Left Out Of Final Report. The Comptroller and Auditor General’s final report on allocation of coal blocks between 2004 and 2009 without auction is expected to peg the value of “undue benefits” that the government extended to private entities alone at more than Rs 1.8 lakh crore, sources …
The Rajya Sabha witnessed frequent disruptions following the Opposition uproar over CAG reportedly pointing to a loss of over Rs 1,80,000 crore to the exchequer in the allotment of coal blocks to private companies. The Coal Minister, Mr Sriprakash Jaiswal, has been describing the findings in the draft report on …
NTPC’s reservation in signing the fuel supply agreement (FSA) with Coal India Ltd (CIL) will not impact the country’s largest power producer, as CIL will not restrict supply of fuel in the current financial year, even if the agreements are not signed. “NTPC will continue to get coal whether FSA …
The coal ministry has said captive coal blocks could not be allocated to private companies at the market price of reserves. This is despite the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) recently blaming the government for extending “undue gains” worth a whopping Rs 10.6 lakh crore to companies by …
Coal blocks given to private companies, estimated to be worth . 10.7 lakh crore in the national auditor’s draft report, were allocated impartially and in the interest of economic growth, the government said as it sought to limit the damage from a potentially adverse audit report. The draft report, leaked …
Coal India is in no mood to make any changes to its new fuel supply agreement because it has not received any such direction from the coal ministry. The company is yet to receive any directive or communication from the coal ministry for changing the fuel supply agreements to make …
Coal India has introduced a more flexible policy for resettling and rehabilitating people affected by its mining projects, the government said on Thursday. “CIL has introduced a liberalised new Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R;) policy-...It attempts to consolidate the different resettlement and rehabilitation practices that are being followed by CIL subsidiaries,” …
In order to realise a long-pending project announced by his party boss and predecessor Mamata Banerjee, Railway Minister Mukul Roy has sought coal from the Centre to start a thermal power plant in West Bengal in a joint venture with the NTPC. The 1320-MW power plant in Adra, Purulia, was …
The Parliamentary Standing Committee examining the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 (LARR Bill) is likely to come down “strongly” against Clause 98 that seeks to exempt 16 separate specific Central Acts that account for about 95 per cent of land acquisition for the Central government. “The Committee strongly …
With no end in sight to the continuing tussle between Coal India Limited (CIL) and power producers over the fuel supply issues, the Power Ministry has petitioned the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to intervene and settle the issue pertaining to signing of new fuel supply agreements (FSAs) and some controversial …
The coal ministry has asked Coal India to sign the new format fuel supply agreements with power units coming up between January 2012 and March 2015. The directive came in response to a clarification sought by the miner on whether it should sign supply pacts with new thermal plants on …
New Delhi Lack of assured coal linkages may drive 18 firms to open market As many as 18 upcoming power projects with an aggregate capacity of over 25,000 MW might be forced to violate their tariff commitments and seek a much higher price from consumers. This is because the coal …
Power minister Sushilkumar Shinde has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Office’s intervention in mandating Coal India Ltd to ink Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) within a month in its 2009 format. In his May 9 letter to the Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Pulok Chatterji, Shinde expressed concern that the FSA finalised …
The Union Cabinet on Thursday referred the draft bill for setting up a coal regulatory authority to a GoM. Informing this, a minister said, “Coal matter has been referred to GoM.” He, however, did not provide details as to why the matter was referred to the GoM. Sources in the …
New Delhi Notwithstanding the CAG stance favouring the auction route for allocation of natural resources, power companies such as NTPC, Tata Power, Rpower and Jindal Power might get another set of captive coal blocks without having to go through the bidding process. The new rule on coal block auctions finalised …
New Delhi In what may come as a relief for power project developers, the coal ministry has directed state-owned coal companies to ensure uninterrupted fuel supply to plants commissioned till March 31, 2012, as well as those to be commissioned during fiscal 2012-13 even if they fail to sign fuel …
Objections by Labour Minister Mallikarjun Kharge and Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan today blocked a key power sector reform Bill in the cabinet. The Independent Coal Regulatory Authority Bill, 2012, seeks to empower the watchdog to “determine the price of raw coal, washed coal and by-products”, according to the cabinet note. …
