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17 Oct 2021

India's electricity demand picks up in October as coal shortage lingers

Nearly three-fifths of India`s coal-fired capacities currently have coal inventories that would last three days or less, federal power ministry data shows.

12 Oct 2021

Coal shortage due to rains, says Union Minister Pralhad Joshi

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said that coal shortage was due to rains He said there has been a rise in international prices He said domestic coal units are under high pressure

06 Aug 2019

Coal Ministry starts process of auction of 27 coal mines

The last date of registration of bidder and sale of tender document is September 13 and bid due date is September 19, an official release said.

03 Sep 2017

Piyush Goyal becomes new Railway Minister, retains Coal Ministry

19 May 2017

Coal Scam: Special court convicts former coal secretary H C Gupta, others

The special court in Delhi also convicted then joint secretary K S Kropha, then director K C Samaria in the coal ministry and others in the coal scam case.

coal mine auction

05 Apr 2017

Govt to soon start auction process for commercial coal mines

The government may soon start the process of commercial coal mine auction as it waits for feedback on the discussion paper floated by the coal ministry.

jharkhand coal mine collapse

01 Jan 2017

Jharkhand coal mine collapse toll rises to 17, CM announces ex-gratia

The tragedy occurred at the Rajmahal Open Cast Project of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) around 7.30 p.m. on Thursday in Godda district of Jharkhand.

03 Nov 2016

PSUs to follow “zero coal imports” policy from next fiscal: Official

In order to bring down coal imports at a faster rate, public sector units (PSUs) in the power sector will follow "zero imports" policy from the next fiscal onwards, a top official said on Thursday.

coal block allotment

01 Nov 2016

Panel set to examine applications next week for 7 coal blocks allocations

A technical committee will meet next week to examine and evaluate the applications for the allotment of seven coal blocks to power generation firms.

Coal India Limited

25 Aug 2016

Coal India Limited's 66 coal mine projects facing delays

State-owned CIL's 66 projects are facing delays due to reasons including land acquisition problem as well as rehabilitation and resettlement issues.

26 Jul 2016

CAG picks holes in coal mines auction by NDA govt

The CAG has picked holes in the e-auction of coal mines by the NDA government last year saying multiple bids by corporate groups through joint ventures or subsidiaries did not give an assurance that potential level of competition was achieved in the first two tranches.

18 Jul 2016

Coal imports likely to decline to 160 MT in FY'17

Country's coal imports have declined 5 percent in the first two months of 2016-17 and the number is expected to reach 160.16 million tonnes in the ongoing fiscal, Parliament was informed on Monday.

21 May 2016

With implementation of UDAY scheme, power and coal demand will grow: Coal Secretary Anil Swarup

Anil Swarup, Coal Secretary India, discusses in detail how the ministry managed to achieve an extraordinary turnaround for Coal India when it was facing a serious production crisis of its lifetime. He also believes that power and coal demand will grow soon, subsequent to implementation of UDAY scheme

08 May 2016

Interview with Power and Coal Minister, Piyush Goyal | Big Encounter, Part-1

24 Apr 2016

Govt invites applications for allotment of 8 coal mines

Moving ahead with its decision to open up the coal sector, the government has invited applications from public sector entities for allocation of eight mines that have been identified for commercial mining.

Coal India Limited

12 Apr 2016

CIL abolishes incentive on high grade coal to push sales

Mining behemoth Coal India Ltd has decided to abolish performance incentives it used to earn on the supply of coal beyond certain levels.

28 Mar 2016

2 fuel linkage projects facing delays: Coal Ministry

The Coal Ministry has informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi that two of the four fuel linkage projects, including Shivpur-Kathautia rail line in Jharkhand, are facing delays and need the Centre's intervention to expedite them.

21 Mar 2016

'Cabinet note soon on linkage auction for power plants'

The Coal Ministry will soon move a draft Cabinet note for auctioning linkages for the dry fuel to the power sector.

20 Mar 2016

Coal supply to power sector up 6% at 370 million tonnes in Apr-Feb

State-run miner Coal India supplied 370.80 million tonnes of fuel to the power sector during April-February this fiscal, higher by 6.4 per cent than that in the same period last year.

State power utilities

18 Mar 2016

Centre allots 4 mines to state power utilities

The Coal Ministry has alloted four mines to the state power generation utilities in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Haryana. This assumes significance in the backdrop of the government's commitment to provide round-the-clock electricity to all in the country.

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