The Indian government is committed to enhancing coal production and distribution to ensure a stable energy supply. This focus has led to various players in the coal industry reporting increased revenue.
The thermal power companies are facing shortage of low ash coal because of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war as they were unable to get coal loads from Russia.
The coal ministry on Friday said it has taken various measures, including diverting the output from captive coal mines, to augment fuel supply to the power sector.
According to the Ministry, Dolesara, Jarekela, and Jharpalam-Tangarghat coal mines were added to the 1st Tranche of Auction under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.
In 2017-18, the revenue stood at Rs 44,046.57 crore while in the preceding fiscal, it was Rs 44,068.28 crore, the minister said. In 2015-16, the government collected Rs 29,084.11 crore in revenue from the PSU whereas in the preceding fiscal, the figure stood at Rs 21,482.21 crore.
The coal ministry will hire a consultant to set up the project management unit, the ministry said in a notice while inviting bids from eligible entities.
New Delhi: The government on Monday kick-started the process for auction of 10 coal blocks in the third tranche, inviting bids from companies engaged in sectors like steel, cement and captive power generation."The government of
New Delhi: A special court has summoned former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as accused in connection with multi-crore coal scam case.The court has also summoned industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, former Coal Secretary PC Parakh, M/s
New Delhi: A special court hearing the coal block case involving industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and others here on Tuesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to record the statement of former prime minister
New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked the Coal Ministry to work out a plan of action to deal with the present situation -- arising out of cancellation of allocation of 214 coal
New Delhi: Coal stock position at thermal power plants remains critical as more than half of the generating stations have less than a week's fuel stock.As per the latest data (September 29) by the Central
New Delhi: Taking a decision on the restructuring of state-owned CIL for improving its operational efficiency is among the key points of an action plan that has been prepared by the Coal Ministry for the
New Delhi: The Planning Commission has circulated a Cabinet note seeking to implement the recommendations of the B.K. Chaturvedi Committee to ensure coal supply for captive power plants (CPPs).The note for consideration of the Cabinet
New Delhi: The Coal Ministry has asked Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Ltd (TVNL) to furnish a bank guarantee of Rs 241.92 crore for delaying production from one its coal mines in Jharkhand, failing which the mine
New Delhi: The Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) on coal blocks is likely to meet this next week to decide the fate of around 30 coal blocks.Allottees of these 30 blocks were earlier issued show cause notices
New Delhi: A CBI team today held a meeting with Coal Ministry officials in connection with missing dossiers related to coal block allocation and collected records related to file movement.CBI sources said a team of
New Delhi: The Coal Ministry submitted to the CBI today a detailed report on the missing files pertaining to coal block allocations, said an official.“We have sent the report to the CBI today,” a Coal
New Delhi, Jan 12: The coal ministry proposes to form a panel to identify coal blocks for allocation through auction and government dispensation route."A technical committee, under the chairmanship of adviser (projects), Ministry of Coal,
Patna, Jun 30: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to protesting against rejection of coal linkages to Bihar by the Coal Ministry.“It is a matter of great disappointment that
New Delhi, Jun 3: The coal ministry will be auctioning 38 coal blocks to integrated steel plants in the private, cement, sponge iron, surface gasification, power, and state governments. These coal blocks belong to seven
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