Tag «Minister of State for Coal»

29 Coal Blocks Deallocated for Unsatisfactory Performance

The progress of development of coal blocks and associated end use plants is reviewed by an Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) under the chairpersonship of Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal having members from Ministry/Department of Power, Steel, Industrial Policy & Promotion, Legal Affairs and Economic Affairs. Based on the recommendations of IMG following blocks have been de-allocated …

Demand of Coal to Touch 769 Million Tonnes by 2013-14

The estimated demand of coal in the country will reach to 769.69 million tonnes by 2013 -14 against the domestic availability of 614.55 million tonnes. This was stated by the Minister of State for Coal, Shri Pratik Prakash BapuPatil in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.                Shri Patil said that the main factors that constrain production of Coal relate to difficulties in acquisition of …

Export of Coal

The quantity and value of export of coal during last three years as per data available from the Director General Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, (DGCI&S), Ministry of Commerce, is given below.   Country Quantity  Mte Value Rs.Million 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 1 CHINA 2.3 0.0 0.0 7024 0 0 2 BANGLADESH 1.2 1.2 1.5 …

Operational Constraints in the Development of Coal Mines

Operational constraints faced by the subsidiaries of CIL are being brought to the notice of the State and Central Government for their early removal. The major operational constraints which are being faced by the subsidiaries of CIL are, delay in release of forest land, delay in physical possession of acquired land, inadequate evacuation arrangement, R …

CIL to Abolish Manual Mining

Coal India Limited (CIL) has adopted the policy of completely abolishing manual mining and replacing it gradually with mechanization like introduction of long wall mining, continuous miner, High Wall mining, Side Discharge Loader (SDL), Load-Haul-Dump (LHD) etc. This information was given by the Minister of State for Coal Shri Pratik PrakashBapu Patil in a written reply in Lok Sabha today. …