The power sector being the largest emitter of CO2 has a key role to play if India wants to achieve its target of going net-zero by 2070. This will mean that we would need to move away from coal-based
The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Chairman C Rangarajan today termed as "governance issue" the CAG's report critical of the allocation of coal blocks without auction. He said the controversies
Allocation of captive blocks through auction will not do away with loot, because any captive mine represents undue benefit, allocated howsoever. The only sensible reform in coal is to scrap the Coal Mines
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to begin filing formal cases against companies involved in the coal mine allocation controversy by the end of August, a senior official in
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has estimated windfall gains of Rs 1.86 lakh crore to over 90 private companies that were allocated captive coal blocks between 2004 and 2009 in an allegedly non-transparent
New Delhi: It’s official now. The comptroller and auditor general has said that the government extended windfall gains of Rs 1.86 lakh crore to private players by distributing coal blocks without bidding
US-based FJS Energy LLC has signed a $7 billion (. 39,200 crore) multi-year coal supply agreement with India’s Abhijeet Group. The New Jersey-based company would supply American coal for the next 25 years
Aiming to give a positive message to foreign investors about the coal sector, the Government has invited them to infuse money in it to realise its growing potential considering the fact that demand for
While the death of 15 miners in Meghalaya last fortnight after they were trapped in a collapsed mine for seven days brought the conditions in which they worked into the spotlight, figures show that every
Vinod Khobragade, the village official ( talathi ) of Baranj village in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra who imposed a fine of Rs. 32 crore on the Karnataka Emta Coal Mines Limited (KECML) for alleged illegal mining, was suspended on Monday. He had also accused the top district officials, including the District Collector, of involvement in the scam. “I have been suspended from service without even a show cause notice. They have suspended me for providing information to the media about the illegal mining scam in Chandrapur,” Mr. Khobragade told The Hindu over phone.
A talathi (village official) of a village in Chandrapur district has accused top district administrative officers, including the District Collector, of alleged involvement in an illegal mining scam worth Rs. 587 crore. Vinod Khobragade, the talathi of Baranj village has complained to the State Revenue Minister, accusing the District Collector Vijay Waghmare and three other officers of being involved in the scam illegal mining.
