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 …
Tata Steel, Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL), GVK Power, Essar Power, MMTC Ltd and NTPC Ltd face the threat of cancellation of their captive coal block allocations. The coal ministry will issue showcause notices to these companies, asking why their allocations should not be cancelled.
THE Union coal ministry is poised to clear a 5.5 million tonne annual coal linkage for the near 5,000-crore super-thermal venture being put up by RPG flagship CESC in Orissa. A final decision on the coal linkage is slated to come through next week at a meeting of the coal …
THE Ministry of Coal has decided to deallocate the captive coal block in Agarzari, Maharashtra, following the notification of the buffer zone around Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in Chandrapur district. The 700 ha coal block was allocated to the Maharashtra State Mining Corporation Limited in July 2007. It reportedly …
RAIPUR: As the Centre proposes to make it mandatory for mining companies to share 26% of profits with local communities, its own largest coal producing company spent just 0.5% of its profits on corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects in 2009, according to data with Chhattisgarh government. The company, South Eastern …
Dilip Bisoi Bhubaneswar: Union coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said on Wednesday the new guidelines for coal mining in forest areas would not have much impact on coal production in the country. Issues relating to restriction of coal mining in forest areas would be sorted out soon, he said. The ministry …
Finally, there is some good news for the coal mining industry. After intense bitterness between them, the coal ministry and the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) in a preliminary exercise have jointly completed the identification of the coal blocks falling in the
Commercial Mining May Be Opened To Private Sector In A Limited Way Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI IN A step towards opening the commercial coal mining to the private sector, the government may allow companies holding captive mining leases to sell excess coal in the open market to meet the increasing …
Led by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who chaired a meeting between Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal and Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh, the two ministries today initiated an exercise to identify prima facie
The Environment Ministry and Coal Ministry have initiated a joint exercise to identify and map coal reserves in forests for coal mining. Such areas are being classified as
Status Quo On Demarcating Coal-Bearing Areas For Now THE government has stepped in to end uncertainties over coal mining caused by the tough stance of the environment ministry, as it gears up for the crucial initial share sale of state-owned Coal India. The decision was taken at a meeting on …
Asking Union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh to sensitise his officials on the need for adopting a more pragmatic and flexible position on
Finding himself increasingly isolated in the Cabinet, minister of environment & forests Jairam Ramesh, has worked out a compromise with minister of mining Sriprakash Jaiswal. Mr Ramesh had been playing the obstructionist by classifying 30 per cent of the area in nine coal fields as
Prompted by the Prime Minister’s Office, a high-level inter-ministerial panel has recommended that mining be allowed in as many as 77 coal blocks that were earlier made a no-no affair by the Environment Ministry. In a recent communication to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the Coal Ministry said now only …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) may take a re-look at the restrictions imposed on coal mining in forest areas shortly. The Ministry had earlier imposed a complete ban on mining in nearly half of the coal bearing (forest) areas in nine coalfields.
THE ministry of environment and forests has declared that 40 coal blocks in forest areas will not be accessible to private parties even though these have been allocated to them. This means MoEF will not allow mining in these blocks. The coal ministry is also looking at enhancing prices of …
AFTER the coal minister, it was the turn of civil aviation minister Praful Patel to level the charge of obstructionism against environment minister Jairam Ramesh. In an interview to a private TV channel, Mr Patel sad that there was an urgent need for the airport in Navi Mumbai as the …
