A fresh round of war-of-words has broken out between the coal and environment ministries on bailing out coal-bearing areas from the Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI), even as both are already locked in a bitter war over the issue of
THE government is expected to set up an empowered group of ministers to resolve the vexed issue of coal mining projects in forest areas, where the environment ministry has categorized
The coal sector has played a key role in India's emergence as a global economic power. Minister of State for Coal Sriprakash Jaiswal, who also handles the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, fully understands the weight of expectations and the challenges faced by the coal sector.
This Report of the Standing Committee deals with Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Thirty-fifth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel (2008-09) on `Rehabilitation and Resettlement by Coal India Limited? of the Ministry of Coal which was presented to Lok Sabha/ Laid in Rajya Sabha on 21.10.2008.
