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 government has put 23 big-ticket power projects, which were stalled for want of fuel supply linkages and environmental clearances on fast track. These projects are estimated to generate 23,000 MW of power capacity across the country. In addition, over 1600 km of power transmission lines in central India have …
Coal India (CIL) faces an unprecedented task. The miner may now have to act as a bank for storing surplus coal produced from the captive mines of private power companies. The coal so banked, would be returned to the companies once their power projects are commissioned. On the recommendation of …
Coal India (CIL) has sought clarification from the government on whether the terms of the fuel supply agreement (FSA) it is signing with new power plants need to be modified again as the cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) has put additional responsibility on the company to provide domestic coal …
However, pricing rights to remain with state-owned monopoly Coal India The government has approved setting up a regulator for the coal sector that will prescribe principles for price determination of the fuel while pricing rights remain with state-owned monopoly Coal India. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday …
The Coal India board on Wednesday cleared the conditions for signing the fuel supply agreement (FSA) with NTPC, which was pending for more than a year. Both the PSUs have agreed to bury the supply dispute, which was holding the back the FSAs. CIL chairman S Narsing Rao said, "We …
Year-long row over quality & payment terms ends; other cos too may ink pacts Leading power generator NTPC has resolved its public spat with Coal India over quality and payment terms, and agreed to sign fuel-supply agreements with the state monopoly a year after the deal was first offered. NTPC’s …
After a period of uncertainty, the decks have finally been cleared for companies mining for coal to earmark an amount equivalent to the royalty they pay to the government for the well-being of project-affected people. The move would erode the profitability of mining entities, including Coal India (CIL), the largest …
kolkata : The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has asked Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI) to obtain prospecting licence for getting easy forest and environment clearances, crucial for increasing exploration activity for identifying new mineable coal reserves. India, at present, has an estimated proven coal reserve of …
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 …
