A. GUIDELINES. for allocation of coal blocks for captive mining for the specified end uses shall be made to the Director (CAI) in the Ministry of Coal in five copies. The application shall be accompanied by the following in addition to any other relevant documentation that the applicant may submit:
Auction/Allotment. Coal mining in India has been metamorphosed as far as the policy framework is concerned. From an earlier restrictive model, we have moved on to granting coal mining blocks pursuant to a competitive bidding process, and from prescribing specific enduse to permitting commercial sale of coal. The auctionbased regime introduced ...
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 We often talk about conservation of our natural resources as they are limited in nature.
The Coalgate Scam was unearthed by the CAG report on allocations of coal blocks. CAG report alleged that a loss of Rs. lakh crore was caused to the exchequer because of a nontransparent and discretionary allocation process. The beneficiaries of the scam are private players who have made windfall gains and have received highly valuable natural resources at almost free of cost.
Total coal production from allocated captive/ commercial blocks till March, 2022 is MT and in 202223 till November, 2022 is MT. 2. Allocation of MMDR Mines by Nominated Authority Total of 17 coal mines have been successfully auctioned and vested under MMDR Act, 1957 by O/o Nominated Authority. 3.
•Auction process successfully completed for 28 coal blocks. 5 Second Attempt of Auction •Total 11 mines on offer 4 mines under Tranche 12 of CM(SP) Act 2015 and 7 ... an offence relating to coal block allocation and not sentenced with imprisonment for more than 3 (three) years Press Note 4 of 2019, amending the FDI Policy 2017,
Jamkhani, which has 114 million tons of mineral reserves, was awarded to Vedanta Group in February 2020, nearly six years after the Supreme Court cancelled its allocation. It was amongst the 214 coal blocks deallocated vide the apex court's September 2014 judgement. Before the deallocation, the coal block was owned by another corporate ...
To increase coal production, the focus of the Government is on accelerating domestic production of coal through the allocation of more coal blocks, pursuing with the State Government for assistance in land acquisition, and coordinated efforts with Railways for the movement of coal. ... Rolling Auctions: To expedite the process for conducting ...
The Coal Allocation scam or the Coalgate scam is a scandal that took place during the UPA government tenure. It came into reckoning in 2012 after the then Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) raised allegations against the government for allocation of coal blocks to public and private enterprises. Out of the total 216 coal blocks allocated ...
CAG recommended that the allocation process should be made more transparent and objective, and done through competitive bidding. Following this report, in September 2012, a Public Interest Litigation matter was filed in the Supreme Court against the coal block allocations. ... (ii) if they are convicted of an offence related to coal block ...
New Delhi: A day after the Congress accused the Modi government of reversing the longstanding policy of competitive auction for coal block allocation, the government has issued a rebuttal, saying that the coal blocks whose allocation was cancelled by the Supreme Court in 2014 are being put on auction via a "transparent" mechanism. "Ministry of Coal has clarified that after cancellation of 204 ...
Chapter I Short Title and Commencement 1. Short title and commencement. (1) These rules may be called the Coal Blocks Allocation Rules, 2017. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definitions. (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,
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.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee report on coal blocks allocation was tabled in the Parliament last week. "The Committee observe that whole procedure adopted by the Government for distributing coal blocks betrays the confidence of the people of our country reposed in the Government. The Committee feel that entire decision making process for distribution of coal blocks needs investigation ...
Coal Block Allocation Latest breaking news, pictures, photos and Video News. Find Coal Block Allocation news headlines, photos, videos, comments, blog posts and opinion at The Indian Express. ... CBI court orders further probe into Jharia coal blocks bidding process. January 08, 2023 7:01 am. In its reply, the CBI acknowledged that as per ...
"coal block" means an area containing coal which has been identified in accordance with clause (a) of subrule (1) of rule 3; "coal linkage" means a contract entered between coal producing Government company or corporation and consumer for supply of coal in accordance with the terms and conditions of the relevant fuel supply agreement;
The foregoing supports the following conclusions: • The allocation process prior to 2010 allowed some firms to obtain valuable coal blocks at a nominal expense • The eligible firms took up this option and obtained control of vast amounts of coal in the period 200509 • The criteria employed for awarding coal allocations were opaque and in ...
The draft Coal Blocks Allocation Rules is hereby placed in the website of the Ministry of coal (). The members of the public and stakeholders concerned are requested to submit their comments and suggestions on the draft Rules to the email id: upto 15:0O hours of Encl.: Draft Coal Blocks Allocation Rules.
India imports around 240 million tonnes (mt) of coal a year valued at about ₹ lakh crore. The 41 mines opened for auction now can hit a peak production of 225 mt in 202526, saving foreign exchange. A High Powered Expert Committee (2017) recommended a shift from the allocation of coal blocks for own consumption to commercial mining.
July 14, 1992 A number of coal blocks, which were not in the production plan of Coal India Ltd and the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), were identified and a list of 143 blocks...
Now, the sector has been opened up for commercial coal mining by private players in 2020 and first ever successful auction of commercial mining was launched by the Hon'ble Prime Minister on and concluded with allocation of 19 coal mines. Commercial coal block auctions are conducted in a twostage online bidding process, which ...
March 7, 2015 Earlier this week, Lok Sabha passed the Bill that provides for the allocation of coal mines that were cancelled by the Supreme Court last year. In light of this development, this post looks at the issues surrounding coal block allocations and what the 2015 Bill seeks to achieve.
June 2012: Coal ministry forms an interministerial panel to review the process of allocation of blocks and to decide either on deallocations or forfeiture of bank guarantees. The government has ...
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 ...
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