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. …
Data transparency is key to accounting for how local governments and the private sector are contributing to global emissions reduction, say Angel Hsu and colleagues.
Even as Coal India’s production peaked in FY16 at 535 million tonne and stocks have piled up at pitheads, power stations with aggregate capacity of 8,000 mega watts (MW) are facing the grim prospect of shutting down as their short-term fuel supply contracts with the PSU have just expired. Besides, …
The Clean Environment Cess proposed in the Budget is likely shoot up Coal India's average notified coal price by around 20 per cent. "Our average coal price (notified segment) is Rs 1,000-1,100 per tonne and an increase of Rs 200 per tonne is almost 20 per cent rise in coal …
State-run Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has signed an agreement with Coal India Ltd (CIL) for implementation of energy efficiency projects in CIL and its subsidiaries. As per the agreement, which was signed on February 8, EESL will carry out energy efficiency projects in all CIL establishments including office buildings …
Linkages for 24 mn tonnes from Coal India, Singareni Collieries to be put up in the first year Moving forward to a market-linked model for awarding fuel supply agreements (FSAs), the government will auction coal linkages to non-regulated sectors such as steel, cement, captive power producers, etc. “The framework attempts …
KOLKATA: With the world turning against coal because of pollution concerns, Coal India, the world's largest producer has embarked on an exercise to go beyond mandatory environment norms and improve quality as it seeks to almost double its production to a billion tonnes by 2020. "We have tied up with …
A total of 12 projects of Coal India Limited (CIL) got environmental clearance in 2015, the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday. In a written reply, Minister of State for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal said: “Till December 1, 2015, 12 projects have been accorded environmental …
An arm of State-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) claims that the organisation’s afforestation efforts have more than made up for the deforestation caused by its mining activities. For the sceptical, a recent satellite survey by the Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Centre, an arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation, offers …
KOLKATA: State-run Coal India (CIL) will invest Rs 6,000 crore to set up 1,000 MW of solar power generation capacity over the next five to six years, according to a senior company executive. "We will fund 70% of the project cost through debt, which will come mostly from banks, while …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Ratandeep Rangari Vs State of Maharashtra & Ors dated 15/10/2015 regarding violation of the terms and conditions of consent to operate granted to the Coal Based Thermal Power Plants of Respondent No.9 i.e. Maharashtra State Power …
Nagpur: If coal gets all the blame for pollution, the country's biggest producer of this fuel — Coal India Limited (CIL) — has plans on clean energy. The PSU mining company has drawn up plans to generate 1,000MW of solar power, starting with Madhya Pradesh. The project will be eventually …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Dukalu Ram & Ors. Vs Union of India & Ors. dated 01/09/2015 regarding mining being carried on by Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. and Coal India Ltd. despite cancellation of coal block alloted to M/s Jindal …
Maximum number of clearances came for the Eastern Coalfields The coal sector has been a major beneficiary of streamlining of environment clearance processes with some 130 million tonne (mt) of additional production capacity being made available. Union government-controlled Coal India Ltd (CIL) has got 44 projects off the ground after …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on compensatory afforestation by CIL, 06/08/2015. Plantation is being done on technically reclaimed mined out areas and on the overburden (OB) dump areas, in and around mines, road sides, township / residential areas etc,. In certain places, it is over the available vacant spaces through …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on environmental restoration of coal mines, 06/08/2015. As per Ministry of Coal, Govt. of India, letter of even no. dated 27th August 2009 regarding Guidelines for preparation of Mine Closure plan and modified Guidelines vide letter of even number dated 8th September 2009, 11th January …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on pollution in rivers, 06/08/2015. Subsidiary companies of Coal India Limited (CIL) including Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) and Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) are not polluting the river water. The parameters of mine water discharged are within the prescribed limits. The study/assessment has been included …
The World Bank has made a U-turn on its stance that coal is the backbone of the India's energy economy 17 years after it agreed to lend $1.03 billion to Coal India along with a Japanese lending agency. The international lender has now decided not to invest in any coal-related …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on supply of coal and gas to power plants, 23/07/2015. Details of quantity of coal supplied to the coal based power plants during the last 3 years and the current year (upto June, 2015) is given at Annex-I. Details of quantity of gas supplied to …
That’s the target for the next 5 years, but given the constraints the State-run miner operates under, is this achievable? Or even necessary? A billion tonnes in the next five years is the target that Coal India Ltd (CIL) is working towards. Is the target ambitious? What are the obstacles …
Public sector undertakings, corporates and even residential property developers are opting increasingly for environment-friendly buildings. On May 15, Piyush Goyal, Union minister for power, coal and new and renewable energy, was in Kolkata to inaugurate the new headquarters of Coal India Limited. He arrived well before the scheduled time to …
