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 Coal Ministry has informed the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) that out of the 69 power plants which are yet to enter into fuel supply pacts with state-run Coal India Ltd (CIL), 29 cases belong to NTPC and its joint ventures. “There are 131 cases of power plants/units which are...for …
R-Power, Essar could be hit as state mulls benefit-sharing levy for ecology loss In yet another case of a state government asserting its right on natural resources, Madhya Pradesh is set to issue notices imposing a new environmental benefit-sharing levy on mining companies operating in the state. This could spell …
INDORE: Green Tribunal, Bhopal, has issued notices to Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), Coal India, National Biodiversity Committee, Union ministry of environment and forest and MP state biodiversity board for not sharing benefits from bio-resources with local bio-diversity committee. Eklehra Panchayat in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh had filed the PIL …
There is finally some relief for 66,000-MW domestic coal-based generation projects awarded through the tariff bidding route. The Cabinet is likely to approve amendments to the coal distribution policy, allowing power firms importing coal to meet shortfall in fuel supply from Coal India to pass on additional fuel costs to …
A ministerial panel on Wednesday approved a draft Bill to set up an independent coal regulator, though without pricing power. But bulk coal-consuming industries such power have welcomed the move in the hope that in the long run it might catalyse far-reaching reforms in a sector that still remains largely …
Union minister for environment and forests Jayanthi Natarajan has taken on agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, countering that Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by the latter cannot sit in judgment on the new proposed no-go policy for mining in forest areas. The revised draft policy of the environment ministry lays down …
Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), has plans to use solar energy to light up offices and residential colonies of different subsidiaries of its parent organization. It will also extend to mining areas later. CMPDI will start it on a pilot project …
Standing Committee on Coal and Steel present this Thirty-First Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on "Review of Allotment, Development and Performance of Coal/Lignite Blocks" relating to the Ministry of Coal.
Standing Committee on Coal and Steel present this Thirty-Third Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants (2013-14) relating to the Ministry of Coal. The Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Coal were laid on the Table of the House on 12.03.2013. Under rule 331E of the Rules of …
CSR activities are being completely ignored by Coal India Limited, says this report by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel. It asks CIL to prepare an action plan for identification & implementation of CSR projects on war footing during 12th Plan. Standing Committee on Coal and Steel present …
Standing Committee on Coal and Steel present this Thirtieth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on "Review of Performance of Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation (CMPFO)" relating to the Ministry of Coal.
Ministries of coal & power have sided with PSU power utilities The much-touted plan to optimally distribute the higher cost of imported coal among power producers via a price-pooling mechanism with cheaper domestic coal may go haywire. While a host of large upcoming private power projects would have increased their …
60 power companies have signed FSAs while many have not signed citing varied reasons The Coal Ministry has asked CIL to sign fuel supply pacts with the power generation companies, including NTPC, before finalising power purchase agreements with them. "The Coal Ministry has directed Coal India Ltd (CIL) to sign …
There is a variance of between 15% and 30% in the energy content of the coal supplied by Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) to NPTC’s thermal power stations at Farakka and Kahalgaon and the bill amount raised, a joint testing by Coal India, and NTPC has shown. The result of the …
State-run power producer NTPC and Coal India (CIL) have agreed to begin third party sampling of coal from the state-run miner's collieries from Thursday. NTPC would begin settling its outstandings with CIL once the results establish uniformity in the quality of coal. Both companies had issues over the payment for …
The Coal Ministry has written to the Cabinet Committee on Investments (CCI) for streamlining granting of clearances by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) for various coal mining projects in the country. The Coal Ministry has asked the CCI to consider parallel processing of environmental clearance (EC) and forest …
Exponential increase in land prices raises cost by . 2,690 crore Some 36 coal projects with estimated production capacity of 17.7 million tonnes per annum at the public sector monopoly Coal India turned unviable in Maharashtra because land prices have increased exponentially. CIL has shelved these projects and may take …
NTPC Ltd. has refused to ink a fuel supply agreement (FSA) with Coal India Ltd. (CIL), stating that the overall quality of the coal supplied needed to be enhanced. NTPC Chairman and Managing Director Arup Roy Choudhury said here on Wednesday that CIL was sending inferior quality of coal just …
The new mines act will tighten supervision of mines and on coal companies outsourcing labourers in the restricted area, Union minister of state for Labour and Employment K Suresh said today. “The act will give lethal power in supervision of mines and help in fixing ultimate responsibility for accidents,” Suresh …
NTPC has thrown up two new demands relating to acceptable quality and losses during transport of coal under the new Fuel Supply Agreements The battle between energy giants Coal India Ltd (CIL) and NTPC Ltd over the issue of fuel supply pacts does not seem to be nearing an end. …
