Row over Coal Ordinance; Supreme Court rejects Centre's pleasBLA Industries, a sister concern of BLA Power Ltd, was allocated these coal blocks in Madhya Pradesh in June 1996, which got cancelled foll...
03 Feb, 2015, 09.02 PM IST
Coal ordinance: JSPL made false statements, says Centre to Delhi High CourtGovermment told HC that JSPL and its promoter have made "lot of statements which were false" while challenging its decision to change the e...
16 Jan, 2015, 08.23 PM IST
Does Coal Ordinance give power to change end-use: Delhi High Court asks GovernmentDelhi HC asked how the coal ordinance gave govt the power to change the end-use of coal blocks and questioned the "tearing hurry" to hold t...
15 Jan, 2015, 06.52 PM IST
HC sends notice to coal ministry on Jindal's plea against coal ordinanceA bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva issued a notice to the coal ministry asking why end-use was changed and where.
12 Jan, 2015, 02.40 PM IST
Ordinance tweaked to help coal PSUs avoid penalty of almost Rs 4,000 croreThe ministry is expected to soon come out with the first tranche of tenders for about 17 coal blocks for allocation to government companies.
09 Jan, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Trade unions slam coal, insurance ordinance; threaten strikeThe trade unions said coal workers have already decided to go on a five-day strike from January 6 to protest against de-nationalisation.
28 Dec, 2014, 10.51 AM IST
President Pranab Mukherjee inks ordinances for insurance, coalThe government had promulgated these ordinances on Wednesday, a day after the winter session of parliament ended without passing these cruc...
27 Dec, 2014, 05.15 AM IST
Green signal for reforms: President Pranab Mukherjee signs ordinances on insurance and coalGovt approved an Ordinance to hike FDI cap in the insurance sector to 49%, as the legislation could not be passed in the Parliament session.
26 Dec, 2014, 05.03 PM IST
Insurance and coal block allocation: JD(U) slams government's decision on ordinances"JD-U strongly condemns the ordinance route of the Central Government, clearing the bill on FDI on insurance and coal block allocation.
25 Dec, 2014, 08.00 PM IST
CPI(M) urges President not to approve Insurance, Coal OrdinancesYechury said government's "taking recourse to such an Ordinance route under these circumstances would be clear violation of our established...
24 Dec, 2014, 08.23 PM IST
Congress to oppose coal sector reformsThe Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 2014, allows private players to mine coal and sell it in the open market.
11 Dec, 2014, 11.08 AM IST
Government lines up heavy legislative agenda in Parliament this weekThese include a bill seeking to replace the coal ordinance, which was brought in the wake of cancellation of 214 coal blocks in September.
07 Dec, 2014, 03.16 PM IST
ET Awards 2014: We are committed to reforms, says Power & Coal Minister Piyush Goyal'I see no problem in getting it resolved. The Lok Sabha will clear it in the next few days, while the Rajya Sabha understands that the powe...
05 Dec, 2014, 12.37 PM IST
Bill replacing coal ordinance to be brought in Parliament this weekThe coal blocks allocation ordinance was brought in the wake of the Supreme Court decision cancelling 214 coal blocks in September.
30 Nov, 2014, 08.10 PM IST
Congress may back government on GST, coal ordinanceSources said GST is the most achievable of the clutch of pending legislations that have passed on from the UPA to BJP government.
05 Nov, 2014, 02.49 PM IST
Coal Ordinance: Experts doubt if it will be a lasting solution for the troubled sectorWhen CIL was the only company mining coal, it had the option to first mine in areas with low density of population or marginally forested a...
27 Oct, 2014, 05.22 AM IST
Coal ordinance fails to tackle the cancellation mess but keeps the UPA tarredThe govt says a new authority will work out how to compensate the companies with cancelled producing coal blocks for their abrogated invest...
22 Oct, 2014, 05.32 AM IST