Ministries of coal & power have sided with PSU power utilities
The much-touted plan to optimally distribute the higher cost of imported coal among power producers via a price-pooling mechanism with cheaper domestic coal may go haywire. While a host of large upcoming private power projects would have increased their viability under the proposed regime, two key administrative ministries — those of power and coal — have virtually sided with public-sector power utilities, who fear losing their current cost advantage if price-pooling is implemented.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/coal-price-pooling-plan-seems-set-unravel
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/subhash-narayan
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-express-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/imports
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/budget
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jindal-steel-and-power-ltd-jspl
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-coal
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-thermal-power-corporation-ntpc
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal-india
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fuel-pricing
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy