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.
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Arbitrariness: 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.
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Follow 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 ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377The Coalgate Scam was unearthed by the CAG report on allocations of coal blocks. CAG report alleged that a loss of Rs. lakh crore was caused to the exchequer because of a nontransparent and discretionary allocation process. The beneficiaries of the scam are private players who have made windfall gains and have received highly valuable natural resources at almost free of cost.
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377With a view to facilitate the 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.
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Jamkhani, which has 114 million tons of mineral reserves, was awarded to Vedanta Group in February 2020, nearly six years after the Supreme Court cancelled its allocation. It was amongst the 214 coal blocks deallocated vide the apex court's September 2014 judgement. Before the deallocation, the coal block was owned by another corporate ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377To increase coal production, the focus of the Government is on accelerating domestic production of coal through the allocation of more coal blocks, pursuing with the State Government for assistance in land acquisition, and coordinated efforts with Railways for the movement of coal. ... Rolling Auctions: To expedite the process for conducting ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Now, the sector has been opened up for commercial coal mining by private players in 2020 and first ever successful auction of commercial mining was launched by the Hon'ble Prime Minister on and concluded with allocation of 19 coal mines. Commercial coal block auctions are conducted in a twostage online bidding process, which ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377The 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 ...
WhatsApp: +86 182036953772. INTRODUCTION • Coal allocation scam or Coalgate, 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 inefficient manner during ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377The 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 ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Chapter 2 The eAuction: Design and Process The legal framework for allocation of cancelled coal blocks was provided through the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 (preceded by the two Ordinances in October 2014 and December 2014), Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Rules, which were followed by issue of Standard Tender Document (STD).
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377The 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 ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Allocation 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 ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377The entire process of allocation of coal blocks was done in a "brazen fashion" and officers of the Ministry of Coal abused their positions and acted in "an arbitrary and illegal" manner, a special ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Auction/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 ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377July 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...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377What the coal blocks cases are about? In the early 1990s, the government decided to allocate to private companies coal blocks and a list of companies was prepared. In March 2012, a leaked draft report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) revealed irregularities in the allocation and pegged the loss to the exchequer at Rs lakh crore.
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