New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The country has successfully achieved the landmark of 1 billion tonne (BT) coal production for the second year in a row, Coal Ministry said on Saturday.With the sustained and coordinated efforts across the coal sector and the invaluable contribution of all stakeholders, this significant milestone, achieved on March 20, underscores India’s growing self-reliance in the energy sector and its commitment to ensuring uninterrupted fuel supply to key industries.According to…
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New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) India’s thermal power plants have adequate coal stocks of around 53.41 million tonnes which are adequate for nearly 23 days at the present rate of consumption, and further stocks are also being built up at the pitheads of coal mining companies as a proactive measure to meet any exigency amid the disruption in oil and gas supplies due to the Iran war, the Ministry of Coal said on Thursday.The pithead coal stock at the mines of Coal India Limited (CIL), which was 106.78 …
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The government on Wednesday said that domestic coal production and supply have continued to outpace consumption this year, resulting in record-high coal stocks across mines and thermal power plants.According to the Coal Ministry, the country’s overall coal stock has reached about 210 million tonnes (MT), which is sufficient to meet around 88 days of consumption at the current rate.Coal stock at the mines of Coal India Limited (CIL) stood at 106.78 MT on April 1, 2025…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a sharp offensive against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday, accusing the saffron party of using its allies and appointees for political gain before abandoning them.Speaking at the site of her indefinite protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in Central Kolkata, Banerjee cited Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the recently resigned West Bengal Governor, C.V. Ananda Bose, as pri…
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said it has attached assets worth Rs 302.89 crore in three separate money laundering cases, an official said.According to press statements issued by the ED, the highest attachment — amounting to Rs 200.02 crore — was made in connection with the Andaman & Nicobar State Co-operative Bank Limited (ANSCBL) fraud case involving alleged financial irregularities.“The attached properties include hotels, resorts and parcels of land…
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The government announced on Tuesday that it has launched an Offer for Sale (OFS) to divest up to a 5 per cent stake in engineering giant Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL). The government will sell an initial 3 per cent stake, with an option to offload an additional 2 per cent stake to accommodate any oversubscription of bids. The floor price for the OFS has been fixed at Rs 254 per share.“Offer for Sale in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) opens tomorrow fo…
Kolkata, Feb 10 (IANS) Kiran Khan and Chinmay Monday, the two influential coal traders who were arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Tuesday in connection with the multi-crore coal smuggling case in West Bengal, were remanded to ED custody till February 18 by a special court of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Kolkata.Mondal is the maternal uncle of Khan. Both have been involved in coal trading for quite some time. However, the investigating officials of ED h…
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Coal will continue to play a central role in India’s energy mix as the country works towards tripling its per capita energy consumption on the path to Viksit Bharat 2047, Coal Secretary Vikram Dev Dutt said on Thursday.Speaking at a leadership panel on the third day of India Energy Week 2026 in Goa, Dutt said India’s energy transition must be guided by realism and ground realities.Addressing the session titled ‘Coal’s evolving role in a secure energy mix: chartin…
Hyderabad, Jan 20 (IANS) BRS leader T. Harish Rao has written to Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy, seeking a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in Singareni Collieries Company Limited, a public-sector undertaking.Harish Rao sought urgent intervention of the Union Minister in what he called serious and continuing irregularities in Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), including arbitrary policy changes, cancellation of competitively awarded contracts from the previous B…
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) A complaint was filed against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and West Bengal’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal at a police station in the Purulia district on Tuesday, police said. The complaint was lodged by the family of an individual named Durjan Majhi who died by suicide on Monday, allegedly due to the fear of a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing. The police added that the allegations against the CEC and West Bengal CEO include m…