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 …
Continuing with the strong action as suggested by the Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) for not developing the coal mines, the Coal Ministry has issued show-cause notices to 12 companies, including public sector undertakings (PSUs) seeking an explanation from them for not developing the blocks and why the same should not …
On the day when Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered two new FIRs in the Coalgate scam, the Coal Ministry on Tuesday slapped show cause notices on 12 firms including state-owned NTPC, SAIL and Damodar Valley Corporation along with Bhushan Steel and Power, West Bengal Power Development Corporation threatening to …
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has sought a detailed report from the CBI over the Centre’s interference in its investigation into the coal blocks allocation scam. The CBI has also been asked to submit its latest status report on the case to the Commission, official sources said today, adding the …
A Parliamentary panel has recommended removal of the provision of 26 per cent profit sharing by coal and lignite miners with project-affected people and replacing it with a system based on royalty payments by the firms concerned. The amendment was proposed by the Coal Ministry to the Standing Committee, headed …
Standing Committee on Coal and Steel present this Thirty-Seventh Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on "The Coal Mines (Conservation & Development) Amendment Bill, 2012" relating to the Ministry of Coal. The Coal Mines (Conservation & Development) Amendment Bill, 2012 as introduced in Lok Sabha on 22nd November, 2012 was referred by …
The CBI, in its probe report before the Supreme Court, has indicted the Centre over "massive irregularities and illegalities" in coal block allocation and alleged lack of cooperation by the Coal Ministry. In its latest status report on the probe, the CBI informed a Bench led by Justice R M …
In a damning indictment, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said the CBI’s act of sharing the status report on Coalgate with the Government has “shaken” the entire investigation process and vowed to “liberate” the agency from political influence and interference. Notwithstanding some strong words, the Supreme Court’s observations and directions …
Application for Directions filed by Common Cause seeking a seeking a thorough probe into the unlawful interference by the Government in the ongoing investigation by the CBI and the dilution of the status report filed by that organization. The petition relates to the massive scam that occurred in the allocation …
Parliament’s Standing Committee on Coal and Steel has indicted the government for “totally abusing its powers” in allotting coal mines between 1993 and 2010 through the “most non-transparent procedure” to “few fortunate ones for their own benefit”. “The government cannot give largesse on its arbitrary discretion or its sweet will,” …
A parliamentary panel has called for cancelling allotments of all coal blocks awarded to companies where production was yet to commence. The Standing Committee on Coal and Steel called all allocations done between 1993 and 2010 “unauthorised and illegal” and recommended action against the parties involved, in its report tabled …
All coal blocks distributed between 1993 and 2008 were done in an unauthorized manner and allotment of all mines where production is yet to start should be cancelled, the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel has said in its latest report that is slated to be tabled in Parliament on …
Standing Committee on Coal and Steel present this Thirty-First Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on "Review of Allotment, Development and Performance of Coal/Lignite Blocks" relating to the Ministry of Coal.
Standing Committee on Coal and Steel present this Thirty-Third Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants (2013-14) relating to the Ministry of Coal. The Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Coal were laid on the Table of the House on 12.03.2013. Under rule 331E of the Rules of …
CSR activities are being completely ignored by Coal India Limited, says this report by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel. It asks CIL to prepare an action plan for identification & implementation of CSR projects on war footing during 12th Plan. Standing Committee on Coal and Steel present …
Standing Committee on Coal and Steel present this Thirtieth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on "Review of Performance of Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation (CMPFO)" relating to the Ministry of Coal.
Ministries of coal & power have sided with PSU power utilities The much-touted plan to optimally distribute the higher cost of imported coal among power producers via a price-pooling mechanism with cheaper domestic coal may go haywire. While a host of large upcoming private power projects would have increased their …
Expansion plan to cost Rs 11,547 cr, to add 1,320 Mw capacity The Odisha government has approved construction and installation of the third and fourth units by state-owned Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC) at its Ib valley plant near Jharsuguda. The two new units will add 1,320 Mw capacity to …
Allocates need to furnish status of end-use plants The Odisha steel & mines department will process prospecting license (PL) and mining lease (ML) applications of coal block allocatees according to a checklist. The checklist approved by the department makes it mandatory for the allocatees to furnish status of end-use plants …
60 power companies have signed FSAs while many have not signed citing varied reasons The Coal Ministry has asked CIL to sign fuel supply pacts with the power generation companies, including NTPC, before finalising power purchase agreements with them. "The Coal Ministry has directed Coal India Ltd (CIL) to sign …
State-run power producer NTPC and Coal India (CIL) have agreed to begin third party sampling of coal from the state-run miner's collieries from Thursday. NTPC would begin settling its outstandings with CIL once the results establish uniformity in the quality of coal. Both companies had issues over the payment for …
