Former union minister Dilip Ray was on Monday awarded a three-year jail term by a Delhi court in a coal scam case pertaining to irregularities in the allocation of a Jharkhand coal block in 1999. Ray was Minister of State (coal) in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. Special Judge Bharat Parashar also awarded three-year jail […]
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Coal block case: Former minister Dilip Ray gets 3 years in jail
Observing that the arbitrary allocation of a coal block in Giridih, Jharkhand, in 1999 caused huge financial loss to the nation, a Delhi court awarded a three-year prison sentence to former Union minister Dilip Ray. Besides Ray, who was Minister of State for Coal in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, Special Judge Bharat Parashar handed […]
Corruption in coal block allocation: CBI seeks life term for former Union minister, 5 others
The CBI on Wednesday urged a Delhi court to award life imprisonment to former Union Minister Dilip Ray and five others convicted in a corruption case pertaining to irregularities in the allocation of a coal block. Ray, then the Union Minister of State for Coal in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in 1999, was convicted […]
The coal blocks allocation cases Explained: allegations, investigation, and what next
Last week, a special CBI court convicted Dilip Ray, Minister of State for Coal in the A B Vajpayee government in 1999, for his alleged involvement in the coal block allocation scandal. Hearings on the quantum of Ray’s sentencing are set to begin on Wednesday, While convicting him, the court observed that Ray “abused his […]
India may close its dirtiest coal plants as green focus grows
India is considering a proposal that may force some of its dirtiest coal plants to close, as policy makers in one of the world’s top polluters increasingly focus on climate change. The plan under consideration by the power ministry would cap plants’ so-called heat rate, which is a measure of how much coal energy is […]
Chhattisgarh: 13 village Sarpanchs write to Javadekar against allowing bidding for 5 coal blocks
Sarpanchs of 13 villages from Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district have written to Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar against allowing private bidding for five coal blocks in Tamnar. The sarpanchs have stated in their letter that the decision to operate the coal blocks goes against the gram sabha’s stand and an NGT […]
Govt receives offline bids for 23 mines out of 38 offered
The Union Coal Ministry has received offline bids for only 23 coal mines, out of the 38 blocks offered for commercial coal auctions. As many as 46 companies have placed their bids physically for commercial coal mining, the government said. Sources in coal ministry said that the online bids will be opened on Wednesday. The […]
‘Delay in implementation of emission standards from coal plants is hurting health of our children’
A video released by doctors and citizens’ groups from all over India shows that missed deadlines of the implementation of emission standards of coal power plants every year causes irreparable damage to the health of the children. According to the video, missed deadlines each year causes an estimated 88,000 cases of childhood asthma, 1,40,000 cases […]
Hyderabad: DGGI arrests city Infra firm director in ITC fraud
The officials of the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI), Hyderabad Wednesday arrested the director of a private limited company for fraudulently availing and utilising input tax credit (ITC) by issuing fake invoices without any supply of goods or services. The accused was remanded in judicial custody till October 6. The Hyderabad headquartered infrastructure company, […]
Government revises list of mines, 38 to be up for auction
The central government on Thursday announced the withdrawal of five coal mines in Chhattisgarh from the upcoming auction for commercial mining and the inclusion of three other coal mines, bringing the total number of mines set to be auctioned to 38 from 41 planned initially. The Chhattisgarh government had written to the Centre seeking the […]
Coal India’s fuel supply to power sector drops about 20% in April-July
State-owned Coal India’s fuel supply to the power sector registered a decline of 19.5 per cent to 126.30 million tonnes (MT) in the April-July period of the ongoing fiscal in the wake of slump in coal demand. Coal India Ltd (CIL) had despatched 156.86 MT of fuel in April-July last year, according to the latest […]
Commercial coal mining: ‘Govt considering land acquisition under CBA Act, then leasing it to pvt miners’
The central government is considering a proposal to acquire land under the Coal Bearing Areas (CBA) Act, 1957 and then lease it to private players to expedite the development of coal blocks allocated for commercial mining, according to senior government officials. Currently, the CBA Act is used for acquisition of land for use by state-owned […]