Sriprakash Jaiswal, Minister of State for Coal(IC) announced the action plan for his Ministry during the first 100 days of the present Government. The Minister said, “in view of increasing demand of coal in the country, it is imperative that coal production should be increased beyond the set target.” Following steps have been proposed to augment the sector.
i) Commencement of ‘Forward e-auction’ for actual consumers for meeting their long term requirement.
ii) Publishing guidelines for Mine Closure for adoption by coal companies.
iii) Commissioning of First Unit (125 MW) of the Barsingsar Mine-cum-Thermal Power project of NLC in Rajasthan.
iv) Securing CCEA approval for setting up of Empowered Committee of Secretaries to consider the proposals of Coal India Limited for investment abroad which are beyond its financial powers of Rs.1000 crore.
v) Publishing guidelines for Underground Coal gasification projects.
vi) Satellite imagery based reports on land restoration/reclamation – posting on website (for 35 projects).
Source: PIB
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