The Centre announced on Thursday that it had issued allocation orders to successful bidders for 22 coal mines that had been put up for sale for commercial mining.
“The nominated authority, Ministry of Coal has issued vesting orders for 22 coal mines to successful bidders of coal blocks under commercial coal mine auction on 8 June, 2023,” the ministry said in a statement.
“Out of the 22 coal mines, eleven mines are under Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 and the rest come under Mines & Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957,” it added.
