Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Chairman C Rangarajan today termed as "governance issue" the CAG's report critical of the allocation of coal blocks without auction. He said the controversies over the government auditor's report would not impact the sector. "I think it relates to the past...It is really a …
Allocation of captive blocks through auction will not do away with loot, because any captive mine represents undue benefit, allocated howsoever. The only sensible reform in coal is to scrap the Coal Mines Nationalisation Act (CMNA), end administrative pricing of coal, allow in professional miners, and get all coal users …
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to begin filing formal cases against companies involved in the coal mine allocation controversy by the end of August, a senior official in the agency told ET on condition of anonymity. Individual FIRs will be filed against companies that were …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has estimated windfall gains of Rs 1.86 lakh crore to over 90 private companies that were allocated captive coal blocks between 2004 and 2009 in an allegedly non-transparent manner. In a report tabled in Parliament on Friday, the national auditor said a part of …
New Delhi: It’s official now. The comptroller and auditor general has said that the government extended windfall gains of Rs 1.86 lakh crore to private players by distributing coal blocks without bidding over years, escalating UPA’s fight with the opposition over corruption amid the latter’s calls for Prime Minister Manmohan …
US-based FJS Energy LLC has signed a $7 billion (. 39,200 crore) multi-year coal supply agreement with India’s Abhijeet Group. The New Jersey-based company would supply American coal for the next 25 years for steel production and power generation in India. The coal would be sourced from FJS Energy’s affiliates, …
Aiming to give a positive message to foreign investors about the coal sector, the Government has invited them to infuse money in it to realise its growing potential considering the fact that demand for the dry fuel is gradually increasing. Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal, who is currently leading a roadshow …
While the death of 15 miners in Meghalaya last fortnight after they were trapped in a collapsed mine for seven days brought the conditions in which they worked into the spotlight, figures show that every fifth day, for the past four years, someone has died in India’s public sector coal …
Vinod Khobragade, the village official ( talathi ) of Baranj village in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra who imposed a fine of Rs. 32 crore on the Karnataka Emta Coal Mines Limited (KECML) for alleged illegal mining, was suspended on Monday. He had also accused the top district officials, including the …
A talathi (village official) of a village in Chandrapur district has accused top district administrative officers, including the District Collector, of alleged involvement in an illegal mining scam worth Rs. 587 crore. Vinod Khobragade, the talathi of Baranj village has complained to the State Revenue Minister, accusing the District Collector …
The oil ministry has forwarded the contentious issue of pricing methane gas produced from coal seams by Essar Oil and Reliance Industries to an empowered panel of secretaries after raising objections and holding back approvals for nine months. The companies had submitted pricing proposals after inviting bids from prospective customers …
New Delhi Coal India (CIL) may barely manage to supply the mandatory 65% of annual coal requirement of power projects this fiscal but could flounder in the next two years and invite a R880-crore penalty, says an internal assessment by the coal ministry. The analysis, factoring in CIL’s production augmentation …
The CBI, which is probing the Coalgate scam, has shortlisted eight companies that were recipients of coal blocks between 2006 and 2009. These companies are under the scanner of the CBI because of their suspicious credentials, sources said. “The agency will soon call senior representatives of eight companies for certain …
The coal ministry has told the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing alleged irregularities in coal block allocation, that no production had ever been reported from the 64 captive blocks that face allegation of illegal sales. CBI is currently investigating into the allegation that coal produced from these blocks could …
Power units coming up between Jan ’12 & Mar ’15 assured of fuel supply State-owned Coal India has directed its subsidiaries to enter into fuel supply pacts with power units that are coming up between January 2012 and March 2015, bringing a respite to fuel-starved power companies. The development comes …
This Provisional coal statistics incorporates provisional information regarding coal, coal products and lignite of the preceding financial year along with few years on reserves, production, dispatches, pit-head closing stock, import and export of coal etc. It also contains information regarding captive blocks. The publication of this Provisional coal statistics should …
Coal "lock-in," rather than rational investments in coal power, is one of the largest global threats today. This lock-in results from high capital costs and long asset lifespans associated with coal-fired power plant investments. Over the past six years due to large scale public opposition, mounting costs, and dramatic changes …
A day after Team Anna alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had extended “pecuniary benefits to private parties” when he held the charge of the Coal Ministry, the ministry on Sunday said blocks were allocated in an “equitable and fair manner”. It, however, did not specifically mention the Team Anna’s …
For over a decade the coal industry has funded campaigns designed to convince Americans that coal can be burned without adverse environmental impacts. These campaigns raise troubling ethical issues. In fact, as we shall see, these campaigns have often been misleading and deceptive in several different ways. This deception is …
Oil companies engaged in drilling and exploration activities, power projects, coal and cement industries, besides developers of national highway in both public and private sectors have emerged as major environmental violators in the North-east. In a Question Hour discussion on Tuesday, Minister of State for Environment and Forest Jayanthi Natarajan …
