Coal block auctions likely by end of current financial year
The apex court will continue the hearing on the fate of coal blocks allotted between 1993 and 2011 on Tuesday. Last month, the Supreme Court had held that all 218 allocations made from 1993 to 2011 are illegal and arbitrary.
Sep 08, 2014, 15:23 PM IST
Read SC's verdict before filing report: Court to coal scam IOs
A special court on Thursday asked CBI investigating officers (IO) in the coal blocks allocation scam cases to go through the recent Supreme Court judgement in which all coal blocks allocated during 1993 to 2010 were held illegal.
Sep 04, 2014, 20:38 PM IST
SAIL, NTPC asked to give JV info of mines for submission to SC
The details have been sought from government allocatees of coal blocks allotted between 1995 and 2007 which are operational or are likely to commence output in FY'15.
Sep 04, 2014, 16:24 PM IST
Coal India unions threaten 'work to rule' strike, demand return of blocks
More than half of India`s thermal power plants, which source most of their coal from state behemoth Coal India, have stocks enough to last for only less than a week.
Sep 04, 2014, 15:36 PM IST
Govt may consider auctioning 8 coal blocks
The government may consider auctioning eight coal mines which have reserves of 1,773 million tonnes (MT) and are located in Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Maharashtra.
Sep 04, 2014, 14:57 PM IST
Coal scam: Ready for any eventuality, says govt on final SC decision
Government Wednesday said it was awaiting the final decision of the Supreme Court on the coal block allocations and was prepared for any eventuality as it has its plans ready irrespective of any verdict.
Sep 03, 2014, 19:22 PM IST
Govt seeks affidavit from coal, lignite block allottees
The government has sought an affidavit by Thursday from allotees of 46 coal and 15 lignite mines about the status of the blocks for submission to the Supreme Court which is looking into the issue.
Sep 03, 2014, 18:35 PM IST
Coal scam: Govt to re-auction 218 coal blocks, may 'exempt' 40
Government Monday told the Supreme Court that it "wants re-auction all of 218 coal blocks" declared as illegal allocation but sought its indulgence to "exempt" 40 of them which are functional and ready for the end use power plants.
Sep 01, 2014, 19:26 PM IST
Was rule of law followed in coal blocks allocation: Court asks CBI
A special court on Monday asked the CBI to clarify whether "rule of law" was followed in allocation of coal blocks to top industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla's Hindalco.
Sep 01, 2014, 11:47 AM IST
Jaitley hopeful of fast decision on coal mines post-judgement
Ahead of the hearing on coal blocks allocations issue on Monday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday exuded hope that a decision on the fate of the 218 coal blocks is taken expeditiously post-judgement.
Aug 31, 2014, 10:39 AM IST
Coal scam: SC decision likely to create overhang, says Barclays
The Supreme Court's decision that all coal blocks allocated during 1993 to 2010 by the government have been allocated illegally and arbitrarily, is likely to create overhang in the sector, according to a report.
Aug 26, 2014, 23:07 PM IST
Supreme Court's coal block ruling may have wider economic impact
A mass cancellation of coal blocks awarded since 1993 could cost the country up to $3 billion in additional imports.
Aug 26, 2014, 12:21 PM IST
Coal scam: Timeline of allocations and probe
The Supreme Court on Monday said all coal blocks allocated from 1993 to 2010 were illegal as the process of allocation by the screening committee was illegal, unfair and suffered from vice of arbitrariness.
Aug 25, 2014, 15:58 PM IST
All coal block allocations since 1993 illegal: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday said the allocation of coal blocks carried out by the screening committee post 1993 were not fair nor transparent and termed it illegal.
Aug 25, 2014, 14:39 PM IST
Coal scam: SC likely to pronounce verdict today
The coal blocks were alloted in Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh to private companies and parties bewteen 2004 to March 2011.
Aug 25, 2014, 08:17 AM IST
Coal scam: CBI to close case against Kumar Mangalam Birla, Parakh
After a 10-month probe, CBI has decided to file a closure report in the coal block allocation case involving industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and former Coal Secretary P C Parakh as the agency could not find any evidence in this matter.
Aug 21, 2014, 19:47 PM IST
Govt cancels auction of 3 coal blocks: Goyal
Of three blocks two are in Jharkhand and one is in West Bengal.
Aug 07, 2014, 15:24 PM IST
CoalMin to review status of formation of JV, SPV next week
The Coal Ministry had earlier asked states to advise the companies that have been allocated mines to either form SPVs or JVs for projects.
Jul 29, 2014, 12:31 PM IST
Coal scam: CBI examines TKA Nair, ex-PM Manmohan's advisor
CBI has examined T K A Nair, advisor to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks when Singh was also holding the charge of coal ministry.
Jul 21, 2014, 17:56 PM IST
PFC under process to select developer for 3 coal blocks
As per the new Model Bidding documents issued by the Power Ministry, all activities related to the development of coal blocks are to be carried out by power procuring state utilities.
Jul 20, 2014, 11:31 AM IST
