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 …
An inter-ministerial panel has been set up to find a solution to the dispute between the Ministries of Coal and Petroleum on simultaneous extraction of gas and coal. The panel, headed by Member Planning Commission, Mr B. K. Chaturvedi, is expected to meet on May 16. Official sources said that …
New Delhi The power ministry plans to take up project developers’ concerns about the draft fuel supply agreement (FSA) with the coal ministry soon, a top government official said. The move is aimed at breaking the prevailing logjam over the signing of the FSAs between power companies and public sector …
High cost of coal mining in India is under the spotlight as ministries bicker over the price that should be paid for surplus output from captive mines – a debate that has delayed policy formulation for extracting surplus coal and forced industry to import at significantly higher prices. Coal India’s …
The Cabinet is expected to consider on Thursday the draft bill for setting up coal sector regulator to ensure transparency in the allocation of coal blocks and to expedite the resolution of pricing disputes. “The Cabinet may take up Coal Regulatory bill tomorrow (today),” coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said. About …
The government plans to empower the regulator being set up for the coal sector with the authority to decide pricing. The proposal, if implemented, would deprive state-owned Coal India (CIL) the freedom it currently enjoys in fixing and revising prices of its output. “The regulator’s primary function would be to …
A move which would lead to the setting up of a regulator empowered with deciding coal prices, production and supply of the dry fuel and allocation and cancellation of blocks and mining operations, the Union Cabinet is expected to give a nod to the Independent Coal Regulatory Authority Bill, 2012 …
The government has begun consultations on disposal of surplus coal from captive mines amid differences among various ministries over the subject. The process was initiated after the prime minister’s office asked the coal ministry to withdraw a notified surplus coal policy and hold inter-ministerial consultations. A senior government official said …
GMDC has put on hold its plans to set up indigenous coal-based thermal power plants with an estimated investment of Rs 20,000 crore to generate 4,000 MW. Uncertainties over the coal blocks allocated to the state PSU appears to be a key reason for the decision. Five years ago, the …
With the Sasan coal issue blowing hot and other recent operational issues, the power ministry wants PFC to be sure on reserves before allocation Jyoti Mukul With excess coal becoming an issue of contention in the Sasan ultra mega power project (UMPP) of Reliance Power in Madhya Pradesh, the government …
New Delhi The steel ministry has sought the intervention of a Parliamentary Committee in ensuring that the new mining Bill is revised to enable accordance of due priority to state-run companies for mineral concessions. In a recent note to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel, the ministry has …
NEW DELHI: Defending the move to force Coal India to sign agreements to supply coal to power companies, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal today said the government's priority was to ensure availability of electricity at cheaper rate and it will not be cowed down by threats of legal action by minority …
The government on Friday said a formal policy on the usage of surplus coal produced in mines allocated for captive use to companies would be finalised in a month. This follows a controversy over the government's decision to allow Reliance Power to divert surplus coal from mines allocated for the …
New Delhi The coal ministry has proposed a sovereign fund to facilitate the acquisition of coal properties abroad. The proposal comes following the demands from steel, fertiliser and power companies that have been trying hard to buy mineral assets in countries like Indonesia and Australia. “Though Coal India has surplus …
The four years of ‘black gold rush period’ from 2006 was in no way less a scam than the 2G spectrum allocation: BJP The Opposition criticised the functioning of the coal ministry in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, alleging irregularities in coal block allocation in 2006-2009. BJP charged that the …
Coal India will seek advice from the prime minister’s office through the coal ministry on how to go about signing fuel supply agreements with power units commissioned between January 2012 and March 2015. “We will ask the government on how to go about signing FSAs with plants that have come …
Considering the growing need for imports due to constraints in the availability of domestic coal, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), in an advisory, has told all power-generating companies, power project developers and power equipment manufacturers that boilers, including auxiliaries, should be designed for a 30:70 blend ratio, in which 30 …
The coal ministry has issued revised guidelines for preparing mine closure plans, incorporating a few stringent provisions. Mine owners would now have to open escrow accounts with scheduled banks, with the Coal Controller’s Organisation (CCO) as an exclusive beneficiary. When the final mine closure scheme is implemented by the owner …
This Report of the Standing Committee on Energy deals with the action taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations contained in their Tenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject ‘Availability of Gas and Coal for Power Sector’ pertaining to the Ministry of Power.
Kolkata India's largest power sector company NTPC's denial to sign the newly formulated fuel supply agreement (FSA) for new power plants is likley to jeopardise the government mandated plan to secure committed coal supply to power producers. NTPC accounts for more than 35% of the quantity that CIL would have …
The coal ministry today said no irregularities were reported in the allotment of coal blocks to commercial entities during 2004-09. "Out of 218 coal blocks, a total of 174 coal blocks are allocated to 267 companies during the period 2004-09," the Minister of State for Coal Pratik Prakashbapu Patil said …
