Coal India adheres to environmental, sustainable standards: CMD

KOLKATA: Coal India LtdNSE -1.86 % (CILNSE 0.66 %) on Saturday said its coal producing subsidiaries follow environmental and sustainable standards but there could be “some stray cases” of lapses.

The miner’s comment came after the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, in a report, said that six, out of seven coal producing subsidiaries of CIL, did not formulate environmental policies as mandated by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

The ministry stipulated that a well-laid down environment policy duly approved by the board of directors of the subsidiaries needs to be in place, the CAG report said.