Reply affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Debadityo Sinha & Others Vs Union of India & Others. An application filed before the NGT said that illegal construction activities and clearing the vegetation and forest using massive earthwork and levelling the land …
Pvt Cos Could Help Reduce Dependence On Imports By Bridging Demand-Output Shortfall Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI THE government plans to throw open commercial coal mining activities in the country by allowing private companies to form joint ventures with public sector firms such as Coal India, NTPC and the mineral development …
Praduman Choubey War on global warming: CIMFR, Dhanbad Dhanbad, Jan. 21: Frequent fires in the mines of Jharia and Raniganj and the alarming rate of emission of greenhouse gases have left the coal ministry concerned. At a time when the world is seriously scouting for ways to battle global warming, …
Dark, dark days ahead? Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan. 20: Power cuts in February are a serious possibility if coal supply does not increase, said state minister of power and non-conventional energy sources, Mr Mrinal Banerjee, today. Mr Banerjee was speaking at the inaugural function of the two-day seminar, "Energy …
There are 229 identified coal blocks for allocation to specified end users and government companies on display on the website of Ministry of Coal. Till May 2008, as many as 182 coal blocks have been allocated to eligible companies. So far, production has commenced only in 13 blocks.
NEW DELHI: The government has relaxed captive coal mining norms to allow power companies to divert surplus coal from one of their projects to another. Permission will be given on a case-to-case basis to coal-surplus companies that approach the coal ministry, said a senior government official who asked not to …
Electricity production in India is projected to expand dramatically in the near term to energize new industrial development, while also easing the energy shortages throughout the country. Much of the new growth in electricity production will be fueled by domestic coal resources; however, there is worldwide concern about increased coal …
When it comes to the lords of Collieries, there is little method in their madness. While coal demand for power projects in the private sector outstrips supply, there is no clear rationale for allocating long-term coal supplies to fuel private sector power plants from the mines of near-monopoly public sector …
India Inc. is embroiled in a war of words with Coal India (CIL), the country's largest producer and supplier of coal. With an annual production of more than 350 million tonnes of raw coal last year, Kolkata-based CIL meets the coal requirements of more than 80 per cent of the …
Anupama Airy Country's top corporate houses including the Tatas, Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Group, the Jindals along with the Adani Group and others will now have to compete and outbid each other to secure rights for a cluster of coal blocks
The new Union minister of state for coal, Santosh Bagrodia, did a U-turn on Saturday to clarify that the government does not want to overhaul the new coal distribution policy now being rolled out. "The new policy is a well framed policy and we will work under the broad guidelines …
