process of allotment of coal blocks / coal linkages for thermal power projects, Ministry of Power has been issuing necessary communications from time to time. The communication dated 24th March, 2006 (/2003IPC) provided for the following priority in the matter of coal blocks/coal linkage allocation. i.
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 ...
Follow Us. The Coal Ministry expects operationalisation of 58 coal blocks in 202223 and has set target of million ton coal production, an official statement said on Friday. "The Ministry of Coal has allocated coal blocks for captive end use and sale of coal/ commercial mining. million tonnes of coal has been produced in FY 202122 ...
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 ...
"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;
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 process of coal block allocation in India involved the government allocating coal reserves to public sector companies and private firms for coal mining and other commercial purposes. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India conducted an audit and found that the process lacked transparency and had been manipulated to favor certain ...
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.
• Coal allocation scam is a political scandal concerning the Indian government's allocation of the nation's coal deposits to Public Sector Entities (PSEs) and private companies. • In a draft report issued in March 2012, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) office accused the Government of India of allocating coal blocks in an ...
Indian Coal Allocation Scam. Authored by Internal Team The present article deals with the Indian coal allocation scam, the scam is a political scam that inundated the UPA government in the year 2012. Table of Contents Estimated Reading Time: 11 minutes ...
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 ...
The coal ministry on Wednesday clarified that postcancellation of 204 blocks in the year 2014, the mines are being put on auction via a ''transparent'' mechanism. The clarification comes a day after Congress alleged that the Narendra Modi government reversed the longstanding policy of competitive auction for coal block allocation and gave ...
Since 1993,allocation of captive coal blocks was being done on the basis of recommendations made by an interMinisterial Screening Committee which also had representatives of State governments. Taking into account the increasing number of applicants for coal block allocation,the Government,in 2003,evolved a consolidated set of guidelines to ...
The entire process of allocation and allotment will be regulated by a 'nominated authority' appointed by the central government. Once the allotment is completed, following rights and licenses will vest in the allottee: ... As has been stated above, the allocation of a coal block by the Central Government confers the power on the allottee to ...
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.
Following the Supreme Court judgement of 2014 cancelling the allocation of more than 200 captive coal blocks, the government quickly brought in legislation and began the process of their reallocation.
The Coal Blocks Allocation Rules, 2017 is to notify that the Ministru of Coal deferred indefinitely the fifth round of captive coal block auctions citing lack of demand from steelmakers, despite a request from the steel ministry to continue the bidding for interested firms. ... The process of auction of coal blocks shall be conducted through ...
Arbitrariness: Until 1993, there were no specific criteria for allocation of coal blocks. In 1993, a new process was started in which allocations were made on the recommendation of an "interministerial screening committee", headed by the coal secretary.
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...
Allocation process. (1) In connection with the allocation of coal blocks the Central Government shall (a) identify the coal blocks for allocation as per the standard technical parameters; ... The process of auction of coal blocks shall be conducted through electronic auction, in accordance with the Act, these rules, the tender document and ...
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:
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 ...
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 ...
3. Allocation process. 4. Block Dossier. 5. Auction. 6. Allotment. 7. Allotment on the basis of tariff based competitive bidding for power projects. 8. Procedure after declaration of successful bidder or successful allottee. 9. Reauction and reallotment. 10. Arrangements for optimal utilisation of coal blocks. 11.
The Coal allocation scam, dubbed in media as Coalgate, is a major political scandal concerning the Indian government's allocation of the nation's coal deposits to public sector enterprise (PSEs) and private a draft report issued in March 2012, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) office accused the Government of India of allocating coal blocks in an inefficient ...
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