Earlier, PPA was a pre-requisite for getting coal linkage. But, the government relaxed the norms under SHAKTI, or the Scheme for Harnessing...

Coal Minster Piyush Goyal said this will be a short-term measure for power companies with or without power purchase agreement (PPA).

The coal ministry is considering auction of coal linkages for unregulated sectors, including cement and steel, for five years.

Tapering linkages are interim supply arrangement made for power projects where production from linked captive coal blocks is delayed.

According to a senior ministry official, some 41 coal blocks were de-allocated because of delay, including tardy progress in environment cl...

"The minister is finding out a solution to the fuel quality issue which will be acceptable to both the parties (NTPC and Coal India)."

In addition, coal companies (CIL subsidiaries) are charging project developers 40 per cent premium over CIL notified price for supply of co...

An inter-ministerial panel is likely to meet next month to review the status of existing coal linkages to sectors including power.

New bidding norms for power plants would be out in a month's time, Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia today said

Case I is an open bid where the developer has to decide for fuel and location and compete against any other developers in general.

Amid power producers facing fuel supply issues, an inter-ministerial panel on May 31 is slated to deliberate on coal linkages to the power ...

An inter-ministerial panel will meet on May 23 to deliberate on coal linkages to the power sector, amid the power producers facing fuel sup...

The 13-member panel, to be chaired by Additional Secretary Coal, has members from the ministries like Power, Railways and Shipping, among o...

New bidding norms for thermal power projects are likely to be finalised by December 31, Power Secretary P Uma Shankar said today.

The new bidding norms being formulated for power projects may not need approval from EGoM easing regulatory hurdles for developers.

The Power Ministry is unlikely to mention the issue of use of surplus coal from mines allotted to power project even in revised bidding gui...

The ministry feels there is a need for freezing the capacity of power projects to be supplied coal by Coal India (CIL) during the upcoming ...