The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed a penalty of Rs. 1773.05 crores on Coal India Limited for abusing its dominant position. The final order was passed on 09.12.2013 on a batch of informations filed by Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd. and Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited against Coal India Ltd. and its… Read More
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Constitution of independent regulatory authority for coal sector and approval for introducing the Coal Regulatory Authority Bill, 2013 in Parliament The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to the proposal for setting up of an independent regulatory authority for the coal sector and also approved the introduction of the Coal Regulatory Authority Bill, 2013 in… Read More
Tags: Bill, Cabinet of India, Coal, Coal Regulatory Authority Bill, Group of Ministers, Regulatory agency, Technology, Union Cabinet
Increased Domestic Production of Oil, Coal & Restraining Gold Consumption can Contain CAD; India Continues to Remain a Desired Destination for FDI and FII P. Chidambaram The only way to contain Current Account Deficit (CAD) is to increase the domestic production of oil & coal and restraining the consumption of gold, says the Union Finance Minister… Read More
Tags: chartered accountant, Coal, Computer-aided design, Current account, Economic growth, foreign direct investment, India, P. Chidambaram
The Government has been addressing the impediments coming in the way of taking up of coal mining projects by the coal companies. A regular interaction between Ministry of Coal (MoC) and Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is taking place to address the pending issues concerning Environmental Clearances (EC) and Forestry Clearances (FC). Similarly regular… Read More
Tags: cci, Coal, Coal India Limited, Coal Ministry, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Ministry of Railways, Rajya Sabha
The coal bearing State Governments have been advised to facilitate and expedite in obtaining the various clearances, grant of mining leases and land acquisition by the coal blocks allocattees so that coal production can be increased. This information was given by the Minister of State for Coal, Shri Pratik PrakashBapu Patil in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today. He said that a total… Read More
Tags: Coal, Coal mining, Government, Jharkhand State Electricity Board, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, National Thermal Power Corporation, Rajya Sabha
NTPC has been selected as one of India™s Best Companies for Rewards & Recognition in 2013 in a study conducted by Great Place To Work ® Institute India, in partnership with Edenred. Over 100 companies with remarkable rewards and recognition practices participated in this study and only 15 who excelled made it to the Best… Read More
Tags: Coal, Coal India Limited, Edenred, India, National Thermal Power Corporation, New Delhi, NTPC, NTPC Limited
The Government has introduced the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2011 in the Lok Sabha on 12.12.2011 which was referred to the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel on 5.1.2012. The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2011 provides for establishment of the National Mining Regulatory Authority for, inter-alia, conducting investigation and… Read More
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Restructuring of CIL to be Undertaken Soon The Expert Committee headed by T.L Shankar recommended that the issue of major restructuring of CIL should be considered during the 12th Plan Period. This information was given by the Minister of State for Coal, Shri Pratik Prakash Bapu Patil in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.… Read More
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The Expert Committee headed by T.L Shankar recommended that the issue of major restructuring of CIL should be considered during the 12th Plan Period. This information was given by the Minister of State for Coal, Shri Pratik Prakash Bapu Patil in a written reply in Lok Sabha today. The Minister said that the Government has floated… Read More
Tags: CIL, Coal, Coal India Limited, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, Government, India, Lok Sabha, National Thermal Power Corporation
A task force constituted by the Ministry of Coal to work out the policy issues of coal beneficiation is likely to submit its findings shortly. This was announced by Minister of Coal , Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal. He was addressing the inaugural session of the International Conference & Expo on Coal Beneficiation being organised by the… Read More
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The Cabinet in its meeting held on 13.12.2012 approved the proposal of D/o Economic Affairs for constituting a new Cabinet committee on Investment. Accordingly, the Cabinet Committee on Investment was constituted by the Cabinet Secretariat letter no 1/11/3/2012-Cab dated 02.01.2013. The functions of the Committee are as under: (i) to identify key projects required to… Read More
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