Ministry Of Coal

India's coal production rises 28% to 66.1 million tonnes in April on strong demand from power sector

As per the provisional data of the Ministry of Coal, the total offtake of the coal sector was 70.8 MT during the month, the power sector offtake touched 61.7 MT in April. At the same time, coal supplies to the power sector from Coal India alone stood at 49.7 MT

PMO issues strict guidelines for weeding out corrupt bureaucrats; over 1,000 disciplinary records being scrutinised

After reviewing ongoing action against corrupt bureaucrats, the Prime Minister Office (PMO) has decided that Central government departments must examine and submit a list of deadwood and dishonest officers every few months to increase trust and transparency in the system

Coal Scam: Delhi court holds ex-secretary H C Gupta and others guilty of corruption, criminal conspiracy

The case pertains to alleged irregularities in allocation of Moira and Madhujore (North and South) coal blocks in West Bengal to VMPL. In September 2012, the CBI had registered an FIR in the case.

Piyush Goyal urges railways, power, coal ministries to work in coordination for 24X7 power supply

To ensure 24X7 power supply to people, Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday urged ministries of railways, power and coal to work in coordination

Senior bureaucrat Suresh Kumar assumes additional charge as Coal India CMD, replaces Gopal Singh

Senior bureaucrat Suresh Kumar on Monday assumed the additional charge as chairman and managing director of state-owned Coal India Ltd.

Govt likely to appoint senior bureaucrat Suresh Kumar as acting chairman of Coal India

Senior bureaucrat Suresh Kumar is likely to be the new acting chairman and managing director of the world's largest coal miner Coal India Ltd (CIL)

Coal gate hearing: Manmohan Singh had no reason to presume non-compliance by company, says court

A special court investigating the coal scam case said that Manmohan Singh could not have presumed that guidelines were not followed in the allocation of coal blocks.

Jharkhand mine collapse: Death toll rises to 13 in Lalmatia coal mine mishap

The number of dead in Jharkhand's Lalmatia coal mine that caved-in on Thursday has reached thirteen with the recovery of two more bodies on Saturday, police said

Revise coal royalty without further delay, says Odisha to centre

While the rate of royalty remained unrevised, the Centre has enhanced the levy of ‘Clean Environment Cess’ to raise Rs 400 per ton in the Union Budget, 2016-17, Patnaik pointed out.

Coal scam: Ex-Union minister Dilip Ray granted bail in the 17-year-old case

Dilip Ray, former Union Minister of State for Coal, who was summoned as an accused in a coal scam case, was granted bail by a special court in Delhi on Friday.