The Centre has set up an Empowered Committee of Secretaries (ECoS) to deliberate on issues with regard to auction methodology and operationalisation of coal blocks allocated for commercial mining.
The development comes soon after the government stated that it may launch the process of auction of coal blocks for commercial mining on June 11.
“It has been decided with the approval of competent authority to set up an Empowered Committee of Secretaries to deliberate and decide/recommend on the certain matters pertaining to auction methodology and associated matters, issues in operationalisation of blocks allocated for sale of coal,” according to an official memorandum of the coal ministry.
