New Delhi: In a significant move towards coal sector reform, the ministry of coal has announced an amendment to the SHAKTI Policy (Scheme for Harnessing and Allocating Koyala (Coal) Transparently in India), allowing power plants, including private generators without Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), to be granted coal linkage for a minimum of three months and up to a maximum of one year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi coal mining leases was finalised and approved by the government in February 2018. Since Coal India Limited's production is unable to meet the demand of noncaptive industry requirement of coal, there has been a surge in import of coal.
Coal allocation scam or Coalgate, is a political scandal concerning the illegal allocation of the nation's coal deposits to public sector entities (PSEs) and private companies by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. In a draft report issued in March 2012, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) office accused the Government of allocating ...
History Coal mine, Dhanbad India The Indira Gandhi administration of India nationalized coal mining in phases coking coal mines in 197172 and noncoking coal mines in 1973. With the enactment of the Coal Mines (Nationalization) Act, 1973, all coal mines in India were nationalized in May 1973.
When comparing emission intensities of China and India per kWh of electricity, the latter are lower despite lower efficiencies and a similar coal consumption mix. Mining methods in India and China ...
The legal framework for allocation of cancelled coal blocks was provided through the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 (preceded by the two Ordinances in October 2014 and ... also provided for fixation of a ceiling price for power sector coal mines, which was to be Coal India Limited (CIL) notified price for the equivalent grade of coal ...
Advertisement. The CAG in its final report earlier this week said private firms are likely to rake in Rs lakh crore from allocation of 57 coal blocks without competitive bidding between 2005 and 2009. Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal in his statements to the press purported gains accruing to the companies was unviable: We do not agree with ...
Coal blocks: SC rejects private miners' plea. In its 27page order cancelling the allocation of 214 coal blocks on Wednesday, a threejudge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Lodha ...
2. About 194 blocks were allocated to private establishments in this manner. 3. This political scam took centrestage when the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India report in 2012 highlighted that the failure to auction 194 coal blocks amounted to huge losses to the Indian government. 4.
Coal has been mined in India since the 18th century and India is currently the world's second largest producer and consumer of coal behind China. Following independence in 1947 the industry was smallscale with poor working practices and working conditions, and the rather piecemeal nature of the sector led to a mismatch between supply and ...
What are the rules that govern the allocation of Coal Block in India April 12, 2017 6585 1 In this article, Akshita Rishi who is currently pursuing IN BUSINESS LAWS, from NUJS, Kolkata, discusses the rules that govern the allocation of Coal Blocks in India. Introduction
Coal mining in India. India is rich in ancient coal fields like Gondwana coalfields (250 million years old) and tertiary coalfields (1560 million years old). Coal mining was started during the rule of the East India Company in 1774 in the Raniganj coalfield along the western bank of the Damodar river. To increase coal production, the focus of ...
The Amendment Act seeks to provide for grant of reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease in respect of an area containing coal and lignite through auction by competitive bidding, on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed. This, would however, not be applicable in the following cases:
Timeline of events related to captive coal block allocation in India 2 Figure 2: Summary of cancelled coal blocks and proposed allocations 6 Figure 3: Enduse classification of coal blocks by ...
The Government approved the fading away of the existing Letter of Assurance (LoA) Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) regime and introduced Scheme for Harnessing and Allocating Koyala (Coal) Transparently in India (SHAKTI), 2017, which was issued by the Ministry of Coal on 22 May 2017. The Government also approved amendments to the SHAKTI Policy ...
The revision to the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act of 1973 would allow domestic and international enterprises to participate in the coal block allocation case process. The revised legislation, which would make auctions mandatory for the distribution of coal blocks after 2010, would leave no room for the administrative power to be biassed or ...
In a nutshell, the coal allocation scam, or 'Coalgate' as it is popularly referred to in the media, is a political scandal that engulfed the UPA government in 2012. The scam came to light after the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) accused the government of India for allocating 194 coal blocks to public and private enterprises ...
As secretary of coal to the government of India over 200608, a period when several of the questioned allocations took place, he was directly implicated in the scandal.
The coal allocation scam, popularly known as 'Coalgate' in media. It is a political scandal that was surrounded by the UPA govt. in 2012. As we all know India is a country rich of minerals, spices, and so does has a huge deposits of coal. There are many blocks of coal in India which is under government control.
The government of India in the coal block case was questioned for going beyond their powers as given by the statutes which govern the coal and natural resources mining in India. The government wrongly took initiative of allocation of coal blocks without any auction. ... The whole process of allocation of coal blocks has been a huge example of ...
Need for Coal Gasification: Abundant indigenous Coal Source Source: GSI Coal Inventory 2020 2 0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000 350,000 400,000 Proved Indicated Inferred Total Coking Thermal Total Coal Resources in India (Million tons) • It is evident that India has huge reserves of coal, it would be beneficial for India if it ...
Coal mining in India has primarily been driven by the need for energy domestically. About 55% of the current commercial energy use is met by coal. The power sector is the major consumer of coal, using about 80% of domestically produced coal. ... CAG recommended that the allocation process should be made more transparent and objective, and done ...
A list of 143 coal blocks was prepared initially and inflated to 216 later. At that time, there were no concrete guidelines for allocation of coal blocks as coal mining was largely restricted to PSUs and many geographic locations were seen as unsuitable for profitable mining. The guidelines were periodically revised through 1993, 1998 and 2003.
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