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 …
GVK welcomes proposals from Land Court that the environmental authority and mining lease be granted for its coal project subject to conditions The Land Court of Queensland in Australia has granted conditional clearance to $10-billion Alpha Coal Mine project being developed by GVK Hancock, part of the Hyderabad-based GVK group. …
GVK-Hancock’s $10 bn Austalian coal project must meet green conditions. The Land Court of Queensland has granted conditional clearance to $10 billion coal project near Bowen in Australia being developed by the GVK group. In 2011, GVK had acquired 79 per cent stake in the Alpha Coal and Alpha West …
The CBI said it would be hand over the closure reports of 20 preliminary inquiries into the coal block allocation scam Welcoming the decision of the Supreme Court in coal blocks allocation cases, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said it would be handing over closure reports of 20 preliminary enquiries …
Prime Minister’s Project Monitoring Group (PMG), set up last year to fast track projects by resolving specific issues, has cleared 147 projects worth Rs 5 lakh crore, Anil Swarup, chairman PMG said on Wednesday. “PMG has facilitated clearance to 147 projects worth about Rs 5 lakh crore in which more …
India is beset with a huge coal shortage that is affecting its power production, necessitating coal imports and increasing its trade deficit. This report analyzes the causes leading to the shortage and the Government's response to it. It concludes that the primary causes for the shortage are four-fold: one, the …
Apprehending serious consequences for the environment if the proposed 132 power plants in Vidarbha region are allowed to start operations, the Pune-based National Green Tribunal (NGT) served notices to Maharashtra government seeking a reply before March 19. An application in this regard was filed by social activist Ratandeep Rangari (through …
A PIL in this regard had been filed by Ratnadeep Rangari, a social worker and resident of Mahadula village The National Green Tribunal has taken serious note of alarming pollution caused by thermal power plants in Vidarbha using inferior quality coal, in violation of Ministry of Environment and Forests' norms. …
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Tuesday approved modifying its earlier decision to allow state governments to grant mining leases for coal blocks to companies if there is no CBI enquiry against them. The modification was proposed after the Supreme Court refused to split coal blocks into those …
SC judges suspected a lack of objective criteria in the selection In the ongoing hearing on Thursday before the Supreme Court in the coal block allocation controversy, the government presented information sought by the judges on Wednesday about companies selected and rejected by the screening committee. The judges wanted the …
WASHINGTON: Energy-related carbon dioxide pollution grew by 2% last year after declining several years in a row, a government report said Monday. The increase was largely due to a small boost in coal consumption by the electric power industry, according to the study by the US Energy Information Administration. American …
The Ministry of Coal (MoC) has issued a showcause notice to Utkal Coal Ltd (UCL) for slow progress in development of the Utkal-C coal block. UCL is a special purpose vehicle formed by Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA), an integrated ferro alloys producer based in Odisha. The MoC …
RPG Industries, Hindalco, SAIL, Jindal Steel, Monnet Ispat, GVK Power and Jaiprakash Associates among companies summoned for review The coal ministry has threatened to cancel allocations of reserves held by six companies, including Essar Power, Rungta Mines and the state utilities of Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand, as part of its …
The officers-in-charge of spending money on CSR activities must be made accountable for this failure to spend the CSR budget," said the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel, headed by Kalyan Banerjee in this report. Standing Committee on Coal and Steel present this Forty-Third Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on …
Letter to M/s Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. from Ministry of Environment & Forests regarding environmental clearance of Cluster XV (4 UG mines with a normative production of 0.325 MTPA with a peak prod. of 0.423 MTPA in a combined ML area of 1696.55 ha) of M/s Bharat Coking Coal Ltd …
A Bill to provide for the establishment of Coal Regulatory Authority to regulate and conserve resources in the coal sector, protect the interests of consumers of coal and producers of coal and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mandar Dalbehera Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 11/12/2013 regarding a proposed Coal Tar Industry. The NGT order states "It was pointed out that the proceedings of Engineer-in-Chief, Water Resources, Orissa shows that industry/mine shall not be allowed to …
Captive coal mining companies should be restricted from transferring surplus coal production outside their end-use sector, a high-level panel headed by Planning Commission member B K Chaturvedi has recommended. The surplus coal should be transferred at the notified price, it said. These firms will have the option of disposing of …
The mine, closed for years, was reopened six months back, says a minerd A coal miner was killed when a portion of the Bharat Coking Coal Limited’s underground coal mine collapsed in Nirsa, Dhanbad on Monday. Three mine workers remained trapped inside the mine at Basantimata colliery till late Monday …
The brouhaha over Coalgate has pushed the genuine long-term issues in coal to the background. India's coal reserves are smaller than estimated and the flurry of coal-based power plants that have been approved in recent years has seen a frenetic rush to tie up coal resources, which at this rate …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to give a comprehensive report with a complete break-up of the coal blocks in a tabular format, including allotments made to different companies, investments and the status of the projects. The apex court also decided to hear the plea of an association …
