With an aim to achieve 1 bn tn (BT) coal production by the year 2023-24 and make the nation Aatmanirbhar, National Miner Coal India Ltd (CIL) will invest over Rs 1.22 trillion on about 500 projects
In a gazette notification on Thursday, the ministry amended the Environment Protection Act to drop mandatorily washing coal for supply to thermal power plants.
Captive production allowed, companies can sell coal in open market
He told the Lok Sabha that a number of important steps have been taken to augment and monitor coal dispatches to power plants
The findings of a study by the US-based Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis (IEEFA) show India cancelled 464,727 coal-based generation projects planned since 2010