Undersigned is directed to state that the guidelines for formulation of Mining plan and Mine Closure Plan has been amended. It has been decided by the Government that all coal (including lignite) mining operations in India shall henceforth be governed as per modified guidelines.

Undersigned is directed to state that the guidelines for formulation of Mining plan and Mine Closure Plan has been amended. It has been decided by the Government that all coal (including lignite) mining operations in India shall henceforth be governed as per modified guidelines.

In connection with the allocation of coal blocks the Central Government shall - (a) identify the coal blocks for allocation as per the standard technical parameters; (b) specify the manner of allocation through - (i) auction; or (ii) allotment to Government Company or corporation under clause (a) of the proviso to section 11A of the Act; or (iii

The Ministry of Coal on April 13, 2020 has published the draft Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Amendment Rule, 2020 to further amend the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Rule, 2014.

The total estimated coal resources in the country is about 326495.63 million tonnes (MT) as per “The inventory of Geological Resources of Indian Coal” (as on 01.04.2019), prepared by the Geological Survey of India.

The Master Plan for dealing with fire, subsidence and rehabilitation in the lease hold of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) and Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) was approved on 12th August 2009 by Government of India in which numbers of families residing in unsecure and unsafe areas in coal mines were surveyed.

Public sector mining giant Coal India Ltd supplied 488 million tonne (MT) of fuel to the power sector in the 2018-19 fiscal, registering an increase of 7.4 per cent over the previous year.

Judgement of the High Court of Delhi in the matter of Reliance Power Ltd. & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 06/06/2018 regarding cancellation of coal block Chhatrasal for the Sasan UMPP and the supply of surplus quantity of coal upto a maximum of 9 Million Metric Tons per annum from the coal mines of Moher, Moher-Amlohri and Chhatrasal for the 3960 MW thermal plant owned and managed by Chitrangi Power Pvt. Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance.

The task force recommended rationalisation of existing sources on case to case basis for 19 thermal power plants of PSUs

Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Saryu Roy, who has also been a major driving force behind cleansing dangerously polluted Damodar River, has urged the Union Government to fund a related study t

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