Asks Coal Ministry to begin allocating mines through bidding route without any time loss

Early development of 54 identified mines is necessary to boost the country's coal production, a Parliamentary panel said today and asked the Coal Ministry to begin allocating mines through the bidding route without any time loss. "The Committee is constrained to observe that no progress has been made for the development of identified coal blocks for allocation through bidding system," the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel has said in its latest report.