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. …
NEW DELHI: The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on Tuesday admitted in Parliament that it could soon reduce the green belts, where coal mining is not allowed. Environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh, who had earlier made a strong pitch for declaring `no-go' areas, where coal mining would …
Finally, there is some good news for the coal mining industry. After intense bitterness between them, the coal ministry and the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) in a preliminary exercise have jointly completed the identification of the coal blocks falling in the
Commercial Mining May Be Opened To Private Sector In A Limited Way Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI IN A step towards opening the commercial coal mining to the private sector, the government may allow companies holding captive mining leases to sell excess coal in the open market to meet the increasing …
Status Quo On Demarcating Coal-Bearing Areas For Now THE government has stepped in to end uncertainties over coal mining caused by the tough stance of the environment ministry, as it gears up for the crucial initial share sale of state-owned Coal India. The decision was taken at a meeting on …
Indronil Roychowdhury Kolkata: Acute coal shortage in 32 coal-fired power stations is a clear indications of massive power cuts across the country in the coming 15 days. According to Central Electricity Authority (CEA) findings, 17 thermal power stations have coal supply for less than 7 days while 15 others can …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) may take a re-look at the restrictions imposed on coal mining in forest areas shortly. The Ministry had earlier imposed a complete ban on mining in nearly half of the coal bearing (forest) areas in nine coalfields.
THE ministry of environment and forests has declared that 40 coal blocks in forest areas will not be accessible to private parties even though these have been allocated to them. This means MoEF will not allow mining in these blocks. The coal ministry is also looking at enhancing prices of …
It is for the politicians to act and prevent merchant miners, national or international, to play further havoc with the rich mineral assets of the country.
The Himalayan glaciers that feed Asia's five largest rivers are in no danger of disappearing by 2035, as claimed in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's most recent report. In fact, only the glaciers that melt into the Ganges are shrinking, according to the most detailed analysis yet of how …
The year was 2006. And the first meeting with miner Pratap Mukherjee took place 500 feet beneath the ground at the East Basuria mine of Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) where this correspondent had gone on a trip. With sweat streaming down his face in tiny rivulets, Mr. Mukherjee had …
Coal India's 400,000 workers will soon learn the virtues of investing in the equity market Shyamal Majumdar / New Delhi April 30, 2010, 0:31 IST Coal India Ltd (CIL) offices and mining sites across the remote areas of the country will shortly see an unusual activity: slick presentations in makeshift …
NTPC ON Wednesday said it has formed a joint venture with state-run Coal India Ltd that will focus on the acquisition of coal blocks in India and abroad. The joint venture will be known as
NEW DELHI: The Centre has urged the Meghalaya Government to renew the mining lease of Simsang Block in Garo Hills with the Coal India Ltd (CIL) to meet the demand of coal for power sector in the north-eastern region particularly the proposed coal-to-oil liquefaction project of OIL at Duliajan. The …
Anxious to bridge the ever-widening gap between the rising demand for coal and its inadequate supply, the Coal Ministry today said the country would have to import 82 million tones coal to fire its blast furnaces and power turbines in 2010-11. In its quest for streamlining growth in the sector, …
