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. …
The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has put in place a plan to mitigate potential corruption in awarding forest and environmental licences, to hasten the entire process. The plan aims opening of regional offices, creation of a decision-support database and formulation of a policy to monitor compliance. It …
New Delhi Jindal Power continues to sell electricity from its Tamnar power plant on a merchant basis, ignoring the coal ministry’s recent directive that stipulates that power plants running on captive coal must not quote a higher price for power supply in tariff bidding than those offered by generating stations …
A meeting of the nine-member ministerial panel set up to frame the powers of the proposed regulator for the coal sector remained inconclusive today. However, a general consensus emerged on the contentious issue of assigning pricing power to the proposed authority. This, if implemented, would deprive state-owned Coal India Ltd …
New Delhi The public-private partnership (PPP) model has brought about diverse results across sectors. While there has been spectacular success in telecom and somewhat satisfactory outcomes in power, it has led to conflicts in many other sectors, including highways, airports and metro rail. There is a wavering, if not waning, …
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 …
Commercial sale to be governed by Oil Ministry norms. The tussle between Coal and Petroleum Ministries over extraction of coal mine methane (CMM) has been sorted out, with the Petroleum Ministry now agreeing to the proposal of allowing Coal India Ltd to explore CMM. But, the approval comes with a …
Imported Coal: Govt Bid To Break Logjam. The government auditor and anti-corruption watchdog will be asked to vet a proposal allowing power projects using imported coal to raise tariffs in existing power purchase agreements before it is implemented, sources said. Promoters of big power projects and state utilities have been …
In line with the depressed projections of economic growth, the Planning Commission on Wednesday lowered the target for power capacity addition during the 12th Plan period ending March 2017 to 88,000 Megawatt (Mw) from 100,000 Mw set earlier. Also, state power ministers raised concerns over 55 of the 89 thermal …
The board of state-owned miner Coal India (CIL) would meet on July 31 to decide on the contentious issue of the format of fuel supply agreements (FSAs)with power companies. So far, the meeting has been postponed five times. New FSAs have become a bone of contention, as a lot of …
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 …
Coal India Limited has postponed its board meeting scheduled for Tuesday to July 16. Though the company has given no reason, it appears to be seeking more time to engage in extensive in-house deliberations before seeking the Board’s approval on price pooling mechanism and reworking the supply trigger. CIL has …
Output can be 152 mt higher by 2017; 102 clearances pending. Public sector miner Coal India Ltd, which is under pressure to increase output to meet domestic demand, has 102 proposals pending at different levels for environmental clearance. This issue will figure in detail at a Parliamentary Consultative Committee meeting …
Power major NTPC has expressed hope of getting back three out of its five de-allocated mines from the government this month. “We may get these mines (Chatti Bariatu, Chatti Bariatu (S), Kerandari) this month,” Chairman and Managing Director Arup Roy Choudhury told PTI. The Coal Ministry last year had deallocated …
Already combating a wage burden of Rs 6,500 crore, state-run Coal India Limited (CIL) may have to shoulder a burden of nearly Rs 200 crore more if the Union Cabinet approves coal ministry’s proposal to revise the Performance Related Pay (PRP) of the company’s employees to be paid from its …
With the power ministry opposing the recent plea by state-owned miner, Coal India Ltd (CIL), to bring down the supply commitment level in new pacts with power companies to 65 per cent, an official level meeting in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) today decided to stick to the earlier 80 …
There is no end in sight to the slugfest between the power and coal ministries over the terms of supply of fuel to upcoming coal-fired projects. At a crucial meeting called by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) here, the power ministry put its foot down and said it would not …
NEW DELHI, 6 JULY: As the country battles coal shortage, the Prime Minister's Office today sought to give a push to its production by directing the environment ministry to grant clearances to 12 projects which would lead to an additional output of 10 million tons per year. The PMO took …
New Delhi Environment, public hearing rules may be eased Some relaxation in green norms for coal mining may be on the cards. Keen to step up coal output, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) will discuss on Friday options including an easing of environment and forest clearance norms for 13 Coal …
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has convened a meeting of coal and environment ministries to ascertain the reasons for delay in granting green clearances to 18 mines of Coal India Limited (CIL). The PMO is also working out a methodology to allow CIL to carry out 25 per cent capacity …
New Delhi Move to optimise fuel availability and cut down restrictive transportation charges The government is considering allowing power and steel companies to swap their coal linkages among group entities, subsidiaries and special purpose vehicles, in a bid to optimise fuel availability and cut down the restrictive transportation charges. At …
