Coal mining projects with a permissible production capacity of 8 million tonnes per year can increase their production by 50% or up to 1 million tonnes a year.
Sources said NTPC has come on the PMO radar due to the rising demand for coal from private power producers, who are facing acute fuel shortage.
Of the total 328 coal blocks identified for allocation for captive purposes, the government has so far allocated 218 blocks. The government has so far deallocated 80 coal blocks.
Fishing in the river had provided the villagers their primarily means of income, farming being an alternative source, from time immemorial.
Coal ministry sought law ministry’s opinion on 2 legislations governing coal mining, saying that proposed changes in 1 law can be in conflict with recent amendments to other law.
NTPC will foray into coal mining by starting production at its Chatti-Bariatu mines in Jharkhand by the end of the current financial year.
Government likely to auction coal mines through international competitive bidding hoping to draw private investments and greater transparency in sector.
Twenty-nine workers were trapped in a coal mine in China's eastern Anhui Province following a gas explosion today.