First Tranche of Coal Mine Auction to Generate Rs 7,000 crores of revenue

Published: November 9, 2020

On November 9, 2020, the Coal Minister Shri Pralhad Joshi announced that the 19 mines were auctioned during first tranche of coal mine auction. The first tranche of the auction is to generate revenue of Rs 7,000 crores. The auctioned mines have peak rated capacity of 51 million tonnes. Key Highlights Of the 19 auctioned ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs

Topics: Coal • Coal mines • Coal Sector • coal sector reforms • Coalbed methane • Commercial Use

CSE Report: Supports incentives and penalties to get clean power

Published: October 21, 2020

On October 21, 2020, the centre for science and environment submitted a report titled “meeting emission norms working paper on penalty and incentive mechanism for coal-based power plants”. The report mainly speaks about the incentives provided for Clean power stations. Key findings of the report The report praises the concept of “first run”. This concept ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Coal • coal imports • coal industry • Coal mining • Coal pollution mitigation • Coal Sector

India-Indonesia: 5th Joint Working Group on Coal to be held in November, 2020

Published: October 21, 2020

On November 5, 2020, India and Indonesia are to hold the fifth joint working group on coal. The virtual meeting is to deliberate on Indian Coal policy reforms such as coal exploration and commercial coal mining, research and development and potential in off Indonesia India business cooperation on coal in the post covid-19. Highlights During ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: coal imports • Coal mining in India • Coal Sector • Coalbed methane • India-Indonesia

Rationalization of Coal Linkage Scheme

Published: June 11, 2020

The Government of India is to rationalize the coal linkages in the country. This is to be done in order to reduce the load on transportation infrastructure and also to ease evacuation constraints. Highlights The Government of India has rationalized the coal linkages in order to reduce the distances of coal transportation. Unlike the previous ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Topics: Coal India Limited (CIL) • coal linkage • Coal Sector • Indian Railways • infrastructure • Infrastructure Development

India to set up Coal Exchange

Published: June 9, 2020

India is to set up Coal Exchange trading platform soon. According to the proposal to set up the India Coal Exchange platform, the entire coal mined in the country is to be traded on a common platform called “Coal Exchange”. Why is Coal Exchange important? It is important to set up the trading platform as ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Coal • Coal Auction • Coal Exchange • Coal Sector • imports • nirmala sitaraman

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