The 42nd standing committee on energy in this report on stressed gas-based power plants tabled in Parliament pulled up the government for diverting coal cess to compensate States for revenue loss post-GST, and recommended financial support to the stressed gas-based power projects in the country from National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF).
The NCEF was created out of cess on coal at ₹400 per tonne to provide financial support to clean energy initiatives and an Inter Ministerial Group chaired by the Finance Secretary was constituted to approve the project/schemes eligible for financing under NCEF. [2]
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/forty-second-report-stressednon-performing-assets-gas-based-power-plants-standing
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/16_Energy_42.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/lok-sabha-secretariat
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-gas
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thermal-power-plants
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/finance
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/parliament