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 …
New Delhi: Entry of private players in coal mining will be delayed. Contrary to expectations, the coal ministry will not move in the Budget session a bill that would allow auctioning of coal mines to companies without the restriction of captive use. The postponement comes in the wake of a …
New Delhi: The coal ministry has asked the West Bengal government to realign projects of Videocon, Bhushan Steel and Abhijit Group in Raniganj to ensure that they do not disturb coal reserves in the area. In a recent letter to West Bengal chief minister Budhadeb Bhattacharjee, Jaiswal said,
The coal industry has set a task for its former mentor, chief minister Shibu Soren. It has urged the new government to start laying of tracks in North Karnpura coalfields within five years.
What could be described as the maiden success of any policy initiative announced by the Mayawati government in her 30-month rule, Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar mills has announced that it will invest Rs 1,600 crore for creating 400 MW power generation capacity through five new coal-based plants
BHUBANESWAR: The Society of Geoscientists and Allied Technologists (SGAT) maintained that meagre budgetary provisions for the Steel and Mines Department and inadequate inspecting and checking are among the reasons behind the uncontrollable increase in illegal mining and smuggling activities. Addressing mediapersons here today, SGAT president RC Mohanty and former director …
The Centre has threatened to cancel a coal block allocated to Nalco for captive use, citing delay in the development of the mine. In the show-cause notice issued to the company on October 12 for delay in developing the Utkal-E coal block in the State, the Coal Ministry said,
The Union ministry of coal has made it mandatory for mining companies to submit a mine closure plan to obtain lease rights. Coal mining companies will now have to submit a stage-wise mine closure plan initially and a final closure plan a year prior to the closure of the mine, …
Upset with companies idling on their captive coal blocks, the coal ministry is likely to soon begin the process of de-allocating nearly 40 blocks from them and also forfeit their bank guarantees. If the ministry has its way, about 25 public sector undertakings and 15 private companies may have to …
SMALL and isolated patches of coal reserves will now be offered to fuel starved local industries such as small power plants, cement and steel units, and brick making facilities without going through the lengthy allocation process. The government is finalising new policy guidelines for `allocation of isolated small pockets of …
In its quest for securing coal reserves, state-run behemoth Coal India Limited (CIL) has built a Rs 5,000-crore war chest to acquire overseas coal mines and meet the growing demand from steel and power companies. CIL chairman and managing director Partha S Bhattacharya, who had accompanied coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal …
KOLKATA: The government is planning to incorporate a provision in the proposal for auction of coal blocks, under which preference would be given to companies, which were willing to set up end-use industries in the State in which they would mine coal. This was decided at a meeting in New …
Bowing to intense pressure from the states, the Coal Ministry is understood to have endorsed their demand for value-addition of captive coal blocks falling within their respective boundaries. In its proposed process of auctioning blocks through competitive bidding, the ministry has proposed to insert a provision in the modalities of …
In a major shift from its policy to equip the state-run and private power utilities with captive coal blocks to meet their production needs, the Coal Ministry is now actively considering allocating nearly 130 blocks to its behemoth Coal India Limited (CIL). It believes that if the blocks are not …
To Relocate 1.12L Families Facing Threat From Underground Fires In one of the biggest rehabilitation plans in the world, the Centre will launch a scheme to relocate to safer areas some 1.12 lakh families whose houses face the threat of being sucked in by underground fires raging for the last …
Priyadarshi Siddhanta Having already de-allocated the linkages of 25 captive power plants for keeping their linkages idle, the Coal Ministry has identified its next target: companies that are doing nothing with their coal blocks. Nearly 15 firms may soon lose their blocks if the ministry carries out the plan.
