Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Ajay Rajak Vs Ministry of Coal & Others dated 04/07/2023. The matter is related to illegal coal mines in Alakdiha, district Dhanbad, Jharkhand which belong to Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), Lodna area under Coal India …
India has stockpiled a record 132 million tonnes of coal – enough to run India’s power plants for two months – greatly exceeding the average of the previous five years, finds a new briefing note by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The note by analyst and …
Coal Controller's Organization has been carrying out the task of collection, compilation and dissemination of data related to the Coal and Lignite sector through its publication "The Coal Directory of India". This publication provides Coal and Lignite statistics spreading over eleven sections covering a brief history of the coal sector …
Coal directory of India provides coal and lignite statistics spreading over eleven sectlons covering some general economy data, brief history of coal sector in India, present status, reserve, production, dispatches, pit head closing stock, price, export and import, trends of coal consumption in power, steel and cement production, captive coal …
India has opened up the coal sector completely for commercial mining for all local and global firms after easing restrictions on end-use and prior experience in auctions via an ordinance, but the mining minister said the move will not hurt state-monopoly Coal India. The Union Cabinet approved promulgation of Mineral …
Six of the seven coal producing subsidiaries of the world's largest miner CIL did not devise a policy as mandated by the environment ministry, according to a CAG report tabled in Parliament. Coal India Ltd (CIL) amended its original Corporate Environment Policy (CEP) and formulated a comprehensive Environment Policy only …
This paper analyses the periodic coal shortages in the post-monsoon months at power plants in India and suggests some ways forward to address them. Such periodic shortages result in increased cost of electricity as distribution companies buy power from expensive short-term sources, or generators make up for the shortage of …
Public sector mining giant Coal India Ltd supplied 488 million tonne (MT) of fuel to the power sector in the 2018-19 fiscal, registering an increase of 7.4 per cent over the previous year. The world's largest coal miner had dispatched 454.2 MT of coal to the power sector in 2017-18, …
A CIL official on the condition of anonymity said these were the two operational underground mines left and the rest had been closed down in the plea of converting every coal mine a cost plus mine. The Centre’s push to convert all Coal India Ltd (CIL) mines as profit-making mines …
Mine workers in Sardih, Salanpur, Khaskenda, Neokenda, Pandebswar, Harishpur and Haripur said illegal mining at present has come to a halt and the de pots from where the illegal coal are despatched in dumpers have been shut down. llegal coal mining has slowed down in the belts of Eastern Coalfields …
This statistics incorporates provisional information regarding coal, coal products & lignite of the preceding financial year along with past few years on reserve, production, despatch, pit-head closing stock, import and export of coal etc. It also contains information regarding captive blocks.
NEW DELHI: Low coal stock at several generation units is a problem of their own making as they ignored warnings against reducing offtake from Coal India Ltd (CIL) during periods of subdued power demand. In a note issued on Wednesday, CIL cautioned power producers against repeating the mistake by reducing …
State-owned Coal India today said it has asked power plants not to restrict intake of coal during monsoon when electricity demand drops usually. "Coal India (CIL) has urged power stations not to restrict intake of coal during monsoon period when power generation demand drops, but to use this period as …
The Coal India Limited (CIL) is on the move to erect a thermal power unit in Bokaro and is looking for a Joint Venture for this proposed unit. Talks are on with National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) and Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) to establish two thermal power units, …
Whether the law will be passed in Parliament is not clear given the long disruption, so an ordinance can also be considered next month. The government is looking at the possibility of clarifying an interpretation of the Mines & Minerals (Development Regulations) or MMDR Act to undo the damage caused …
Move will allow both domestic and foreign players to sell the fuel in open market as a commodity, at market-determined prices Cabinet ends Coal India monopoly, allows commercial mining by private firms Private companies would soon be able to mine and sell coal in India, alongside state-owned Coal India (CIL). …
Developments in solar and energy storage technologies, downward revision of economic growth, and the NPA crises in the coal-consuming power and steel sectors were identified as some of the main challenges to coal in a study titled ‘Coal Vision 2030’. Coal India (CIL) commissioned the study to assess the future …
Power procurement cost is likely to increase by around nine paise or 2-4% per unit as Coal India Limited (CIL) has raised non-cooking coal or thermal coal prices. Starting January 9, thermal grade coal price has been revised by CIL by 9%. This hike would compensate for Rs 5,667 crore …
The government should consider allowing domestic coal to be used in imported coal-based thermal power plants to reduce the dependency on the dry fuel bought from other countries, says a Parliamentary Committee report. The Committee has noted that the use of indigenous coal by the imported coal-based thermal power plants …
According to a study, it was found out that world's biggest 250 companies account for a third of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions yet few have strong goals to limit rising temperatures even as climate change has become such a big issue for policymakers to grapple with. According to a …
