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Meghalaya to take up with Centre coal mining resumption issue"The department has been mandated to exclusively deal on coal-related issues," Chief Minister Mukul Sangma told reporters after a cabinet m...
NGO terms Coal ordinance as 'anti-people', asks MPs to opposeAlleging that the legislation attacks the federal structure, the NGO said the role of state governments has been reduced to mere rubber sta...
Coal mines bill introduced in Lok Sabha amid TMC, Left objectionThe Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill 2014 was introduced by Coal Minister Piyush Goyal, who insisted that the bill did not seek de-nati...
Coal Mines Nationalisation Amendment bill withdrawn from Rajya SabhaThe Supreme Court had in September cancelled allocation of 204 coal blocks, including 42 operational mines and another 32 ready-to-start bl...
PM Narendra Modi wants to give coal sector in corporate hands: Congress leader Digvijay Singh"PM Modi says 'Make in India', but wants to hand over the coal sector in the hands of the corporate," said Congress leader Digvijay Singh
CPI(M) attacks government for ordinance on e-auction of coal blocks"By an open market e-auction this objective would be negated. In any case such a decision cannot be taken unless Parliament enacts a legisl...
Government likely to consider nod to private firms to sell coal from blocks to be auctionedIf the proposal is approved, the govt is likely to push for a bill seeking amendments in the Coal Mines Nationalisation Act to allow privat...
Coalgate: Affidavits by 40 operational captive coal blocks show irregularitiesAffidavits listed investments made, the quantum of coal produced and the production. A closer look at these submissions reveals a set of ir...
Coal ministry wondering about fate of Singareni Collieries post SC rulingThe government has entrusted Singareni Collieries the task of exploring and exploiting coal deposits in the Godavari valley coalfield, whic...
Coal Mines Nationalisation Act was an ill-conceived lawThe Coal Mines Nationalisation Act of 1973 was an ill-conceived law that made mining of coal the monopoly of the central government.
Repealing nationalisation laws: Narendra Modi will have to dismantle parts of Indira Gandhi's legacyModi will have to dismantle parts of the legacy of Indira Gandhi over the course of his tenure if his government is to be considered truly ...
Coal Ministry seeks Law Ministry's view on mining reformCoal ministry sought law ministry’s opinion on 2 legislations governing coal mining, saying that proposed changes in 1 law can be in confli...
Over-dependence on Coal India a myth: Coal secretaryS K Srivastava on Thursday said the so-called over-dependence on the company is a myth in light of the captive block allocations by the gov...
Why the coal auction norms are sadly sub-optimal?After many months of delay and dither, the government has tweaked the norms to allow competitive bidding for captive coal blocks.
Shriprakash Jaiswal is partly right, coal needs a rehaulWe welcome coal minister's comment that the government is willing to split state-owned monopoly CIL into smaller entities competing among t...
Hike in freight costs to be passed on to consumers: S Narsing Rao, Coal IndiaIn an interview with ET Now, S Narsing Rao, Chairman, Coal India, talks about the impact of the Budget on Coal India and shares his busines...
- India needs to overhaul coal policy & clean up the whole sector
Delay and dither, which have come to symbolise the second UPA regime, will get us no gains.
- Policy paralysis: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh must act to keep the India growth story intact
It is all very well for the Prime Minister to say that he will cut red tape but he must act, rather than talk or set up committees.
- CITU opposes bidding for coal blocks
The Government's decision to allow competitive bidding for coal blocks draws protest from Left labour union CITU.
- Privatisation central to coal mining policy
Indian coal industry is a classic example of a sector that despite its enormous potential has failed to make any significant impact at the ...