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 coal ministry is pushing the West Bengal government to bring changes in its land policy in view of the hurdles Coal India (CIL) subsidiary Eastern Coalfields (ECL) is facing in getting land for developing and expanding mines. Union coal secretary Anil Swarup met West Bengal chief secretary Sanjay …
An Ordinance to provide for allocation of coal mines and vesting of the right, title and interest in and over the land and mine infrastructure together with mining leases to successful bidders and allottees with a view to ensure continuity in coal mining operations and production of coal, and for …
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to restrain coal companies, that were directed to wind up mining in six months after their coal block allocations were cancelled, from extracting coal in this period and selling it. A bench headed by Chief Justice H.L. Dattu said as the court granted six …
Following a huge blow from the Supreme Court, and a series of serious technical glitches, the government has quietly asked Coal India to cancel the auction of three coal blocks that were put under the hammer although some 44 parties had evinced interest in them and two had finally bid. …
Approximately 40,000 mn tonnes of unexplored coal capacity will move to the govt after the SC verdict that cancelled all but four coal block allocations made over two decades The coal ministry has asked companies for details of blocks allotted to them over the past two decades in preparation for …
This moves it a step closer to signing off on a long-delayed $10 bn mine, rail and port project Coal is stockpiled at the Blair Athol mine at the remote Bowen Basin coalfield near Moranbah GVK and Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart have secured an environmental permit to build their Alpha …
The Supreme Court on 24 September 2014 cancelled 214 of the 218 coal blocks allotted by different central governments since 1993 terming these allocations illegal. But four coal blocks allocated to public sector units -- SAIL, NTPC and two for Ultra Mega Power Projects – were spared from de-allocation. Read …
With the Supreme Court order on cancelling coal mining rights expected to throw up legal challenges for the National Democratic Alliance government, the ministry of coal is preparing a back-up plan. This could entail changes in the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act or an altogether new law similar …
The Supreme Court recently termed all captive coal blocks allocated by the government from 1993 to 2010 illegal. A verdict on their future is likely this week. What might be the cost implication if the court decided to cancel the blocks? The then central government had last year told the …
Sum is half of Coal India's CSR fund & comes in wake of PM's call to India Inc State-run miner Coal India has said it will spend `. 235 crore for providing sanitation in schools and underprivileged homes during the current fiscal, dedicating as much as half of the funds …
Coal controller's Organisation has been carrying out for the past several years the task of collection and dissemination of data related to the coal and lignite sector of the country to meet data requirement of the Ministry of Coal, related Ministries and Government Organisations, different research bodies etc. through its …
Judgment covers 1993-2010 period; final view on projects' fate on Sep 1 The Supreme Court on Monday held as illegal all coal blocks allocated by the Union government between 1993 and 2010. It said a final decision on the fate of the blocks would be taken on September 1. Questioning …
Rules for mining, roads, power and irrigation projects relaxed Through a quick series of notifications, the Union environment ministry has eased rules for mining, roads, power and irrigation projects and other industrial sectors. It has diluted a host of regulations related to environment, forest and tribal rights. Besides, sources in …
New Delhi : Twenty new coal mine projects by state-run Coal India, planned with annual capacity of 52 million tonnes, have been delayed by difficulties acquiring land and environmental clearances, the coal minister said on Thursday, underlining the uphill task he faces in reforming the sector. The new government of …
New Delhi : At a time when country is facing severe coal shortages at its power plants and efforts are on to improve the availability of fuel, India's largest coal producer Coal India (CIL) has suffered a production loss of 50 million tonne (mt) of coal due to delays in …
Agrees to coal ministry idea of doing away with individual mine examination and to, instead, consider clusters in the case of Coal India The Union environment ministry has decided to consider group clearances for adjacent mines of Coal India Limited (CIL), the near-monopolist in the sector, rather than considering individual …
The Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance government has given environment clearance to five projects since it took charge on May 26. A total of 394 projects are still awaiting approvals from the ministry of environment, forests and climate change, latest data showed. The projects given clearance include Adani Ports' Mundra …
NAGPUR: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked Coal India Limited (CIL), its subsidiary Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), and Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (Mahagenco) to follow the clean coal norms mandated by union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). The ministry had on January 2 banned coal and power …
Says implementation of key infra projects for evacuation and movement of coal will be of critical importance The government needs to fast track entry of the private sector in commercial coal mining and restructure state-run Coal India to augment production and reduce imports of the dry fuel that cost Rs …
The Centre is overhauling coal blocks bidding policy, formulated by the previous UPA government, to attract investments as the pilot set of auctioned mines could not find any takers. The coal ministry proposes to set up an agency on the lines of Power Finance Corporation that bids ultra mega power …
