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 …
In an interview with the Times of India, the Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal, talks to Pallavee Dhaundiyal Panthry about the latest highlights of the coal industry. What are the latest highlights of the Indian coal industry? We are disinvesting 10 per cent of the Government's holding in Coal India Limited, …
THE coal and power ministries are engaged in a tug of war with the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) over mining rights in forest areas. On May 28, the MoEF released the first set in a series of maps of coalfields superimposed over forests on its website. It …
Ranchi: A public interest litigation has been filed in Jharkhand High Court to challenge e-auction of coal under the new coal distribution policy, on the grounds that it amounted to profiteering away scarce national resources and depriving the consumers of a reasonable price. The system of selling coal by an …
AMITA VERMA June 18: Union minister of state for coal, Sriprakash Jaiswal, has said that delay in environment clearance was hampering the growth of coal production in the country. Talking to reporters here on Friday, the minister said that though the concern of the environment ministry was justified, he had …
LUCKNOW: Union Minister of State for Coal Shri Prakash Jaiswal has said that several projects have been delayed or put on hold on account of no environmental clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forest. The Union Minister said that a proposal has been made to the Environment Ministry under …
Shahana Joshi / New Delhi May 06, 2010, 0:48 IST The coal ministry has decided to set up a committee to determine the value of coal by allocating a calorific value to it, a senior official of the ministry has told Business Standard. However, NTPC, the largest power company and …
Lack Of Clarity On Allocation Of Captive Coal Blocks To Chhattisgarh Project THE last date for submission of requests for qualification for the first ultra mega power project (UMPP) on offer this fiscal has been extended by a couple of months, due to a lack of clarity on the allocation …
The state-owned power major NTPC on Wednesday said it will invest about Rs 40,000 crore for setting up three coal-based projects in Madhya Pradesh. The company has selected sites at Bamitha, Gadarwara and Khargone in the state for setting up three coal-fired power stations with a combined capacity of 7,960 …
Stung by criticism that he delays projects, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has left it to the Prime Minister to decide on the mechanism for approving coal mines. Jairam has attributed the holding up of projects to an attempt by his Ministry
Coal Blocks For Project Unlikely To Get Ministry Approval BIDDERS for the ultra mega power project at Chhattisgarh, that are set to put in their pre-qualification bids by May 3, could be in for a major jolt as coal blocks linked to the 4000 mw project is unlikely to get …
Anxious to bridge the ever-widening gap between the rising demand for coal and its inadequate supply, the Coal Ministry today said the country would have to import 82 million tones coal to fire its blast furnaces and power turbines in 2010-11. In its quest for streamlining growth in the sector, …
THE government aims at giving faster approval to coal projects that are delayed due to environment and forestry clearances and is planning a new system for allocating coal blocks that would clearly specify `go
New Delhi: The government is considering formulating a policy for earmarking alternate coal mines for fuelling new power plants in case clearance for such acreages are spiked by the environment and forests ministry mid-way through a project
Sanjay Dutta | TNN New Delhi: The coal ministry wants to take back the mines that were offered to the oil ministry for tapping gas trapped in layers of coal
