January 09, 2020 1:04 am
The government plans to promote foreign direct investment in the sector by removing restrictions and eligibility criteria for participation in coal block auctions, according to Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi.
February 14, 2018 4:33 am
On January 22, 2018, another meeting, on the same topic was chaired by Singh, wherein he “indicated” in his opening remarks that the coal supply situation “is still critical” as there are “10 power stations with zero coal stock and around 45 power stations with coal stock for 1-6 days”.
December 31, 2015 2:58 am
The average rate of coal at e-auction this fiscal year has been markedly down.
July 29, 2015 2:07 am
17 states have together lined up 120 non-coal mineral blocks spread over 26,120 hectares for auctions, but the ground situation is that they are not fully prepared to execute them.
May 06, 2015 2:02 am
The mines together have 50-60 mn tonnes of reserves.
April 10, 2015 3:19 am
The government has claimed that coal bearing states would gain Rs 3.35 lakh crore in revenue from recent auctions of 29 coal blocks.
March 08, 2015 10:20 am
Three more blocks will be put up for auction on Sunday.
February 15, 2015 1:10 pm
‘Aggressive bids’ The former bid R1,371 crore, the latter R798 crore.
February 08, 2015 2:06 am
The CAG had computed the figure of Rs 295 per metric tonne as additional levy.
February 06, 2015 1:43 am
Move to help govt mobilise revenue of around Rs21K crore.




