Coal-fired political minefields dominate 2012

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Coal-fired political minefields dominate 2012 [1]

During the year, govt also contemplated to open up sector for commercial mining

Coal fired a minefield of controversies in 2012, fuelled by CAG estimates of a huge Rs 1.86 lakh crore loss for allocation of coal blocks to business houses without auction which served as fodder to the Opposition parties to target the government. The blaze started from a leaked draft report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) that initially had a figure of Rs 10.6 lakh crore loss resulting from the controversial allocation of coal blocks to about 100 companies without bidding.

Publication Date:

26/12/2012

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi) [2]

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Coal [3], Mining [4], Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) [5], Coal Industry [6], Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) [7], ArcelorMittal [8], Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd [9], Power Industry [10], Coal India [11], Planning Commission [12], Power Transmission [13], West Bengal [14], Jharkhand [15], Ministry of Coal [16], Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) [17], Parliament [18], Corruption [19]

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