The Union Cabinet on Thursday referred the draft bill for setting up a coal regulatory authority to a GoM. Informing this, a minister said, “Coal matter has been referred to GoM.” He, however, did not provide details as to why the matter was referred to the GoM.

Sources in the coal ministry said that a consensus could not be reached on some of the provisions in the Bill as some of the ministers felt it needed modifications. Also, the “general opinion was that why so many executive functions have been given to the regulator”, sources said.