Coal mine auction important step towards Atmanirbhar Bharat: Tata Sons’ Chandrasekaran
The government should consider setting up a coal exchange as a trading platform for transparent buying and selling of coal in line with what exists in the commodity exchanges for power etc said N Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons.
“This will be one of the big stepping stones towards our journey towards a $5 trillion economy,” said Chandrasekaran speaking at a FICCI event to flag off auction of Coal Mines for Commercial Mining on Thursday.
With a view to achieve self-reliance in the coal sector, the government started the process of auction of 41 coal mines under the provisions of Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act and Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act. It was flagged off by prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.
