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 …
Ministry of Coal vide Office Memorandum No. 23011/107/2009-CPD (Vol.II) dated 13th June 2014 constituted a new `Inter Ministerial Task Force’ to undertake a comprehensive review of existing sources of coal and consider the feasibility for rationalization of these sources with a view to optimize transportation cost and materialization under the …
The union ministry of coal has directed the state government to cancel the lease granted to Topworth Group for mines in the Marki-Mangli area of Chandrapur district. The action comes four years after two city-based businessmen hit a jackpot by transferring the coal blocks for a hefty premium to Topworth …
The coal ministry is thinking of dropping the proposed removal of mineral exploration by private companies The government is likely to approve an ordinance incorporating the pending Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2014, on Monday. The proposal is for a new process of "auction by competitive bidding" …
KOLKATA: Union environment ministry has asked the coal ministry not to auction coal blocks in inviolate areas, a senior officer said here today. "Of the coal blocks to be auctioned, we have already checked how many can be given clearance and how many cannot be given clearance. We have already …
A draft of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Rules, 2014 which the Central Government proposes to make under the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 2014 was placed in the website of the Government of India, Ministry of Coal requesting the members of public and all the persons likely to be …
Industry experts say things are getting muddled as the government tries to balance contrasting objectives Will the NDA's coal block auctions fix the mess in India's coal sector? With the draft rules of the proposed coal block auctions in the public domain, a set of industry experts says things are …
Coal Ministry Places in Public Domain Draft Rules for Auction or Allocation of 204 Coal Blocks Cancelled by Hon’ble Supreme Court. In order to implement provisions of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 2014 promulgated on 21.10.2014 , the Ministry of Coal has placed in public domain the draft Rules …
The Union coal ministry is pushing the West Bengal government to bring changes in its land policy in view of the hurdles Coal India (CIL) subsidiary Eastern Coalfields (ECL) is facing in getting land for developing and expanding mines. Union coal secretary Anil Swarup met West Bengal chief secretary Sanjay …
The coal ministry is taking legal recourse to ensure that the auction of coal blocks to government companies and corporations — started in December 2012 — does not get bogged down by the Supreme Court order. Its questions to the legal affairs department are aimed at allocating blocks to state …
The fate of NTPC’s five coal blocks allocated between 1993 and 2010 hangs in the balance. The Supreme Court on September 24 ordered de-allocation of blocks, except those given to ultra mega power projects and Central Government public sector units where there are no joint ventures. In question are 218 …
The coal ministry plans to cancel the allocation of one coal block to Anil Ambani-led Reliance Power Ltd and ensure that surplus production from two other blocks attached to the 4,000 MW Sasan ultra mega power project is not used for another project, government sources said. The ministry's plan follows …
Centre will not press its request for sparing 46 coal blocks from cancellation at the next hearing, even as it has started identifying mines that may be available for auction The government will not press its request for sparing 46 coal blocks from cancellation at the next Supreme Court hearing, …
Assessment does not consider forests important to preserve water resources In a report to the government, the Forest Survey of India (FSI) has demarcated forest areas that should not be mined, or inviolate forestlands. But as forest patches critical to protecting India’s water sources aren’t factored in, the inviolate area …
NEW DELHI: In keeping with industry's expectations, the environment ministry has eased the clearance process for coal mines planning to increase production from existing mine lease area. The ministry has decided to extend the exemption from holding public hearings for the expansion of coal mining projects with annual production capacity …
Study Group to consider revision of rates of royalty on coal. Under Section 9 (3) of the Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, the Central Government is empowered to amend the Second Schedule to the Act so as to enhance or reduce, once in three years, the rates …
Minutes of the fifth meeting of the "Inter-Ministerial Committee" held on 11th June, 2014 to make recommendation on the issues related to supply of coal to certain end-use-plants (EUPs) linked to coal blocks.
The Centre has assured Arunachal Pradesh of resuming coal mining at Namchik-Namphuk coalfield in the troubled Changlang district where the activity was suspended on May 10, 2012. The assurance came from Union minister of state for coal, power and renewable energy (independent charge) Piyush Goyal during a meeting with chief …
The Centre is overhauling coal blocks bidding policy, formulated by the previous UPA government, to attract investments as the pilot set of auctioned mines could not find any takers. The coal ministry proposes to set up an agency on the lines of Power Finance Corporation that bids ultra mega power …
Nearly two years after introduction of the concept of "inviolate" areas, the new government says it will by month-end define areas to be declared as pristine forests so that coal mining can begin in other places. A successor to the controversial go-no-go concept, the idea of declaring certain pristine forests …
The Centre has assured Arunachal Pradesh to resume coal mining at Namchik–Namphuk coalfield in troubled Changlang district which was suspended since May 10, 2012. The assurance came from Union Minister of State for Coal, Power and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) Piyush Goyal during a meeting with Chief Minister Nabam Tuki …
