The Centre on Wednesday launched the 7th round of commercial coal mines’ auction putting on sale 106 mines spread across 11 states including Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.
Of the total mines offered under the seventh round, 61 blocks are partially explored and 45 mines are fully explored.
The Ministry of Coal also signed agreements for 29 coal mines which were auctioned under the 6th round. The 6th round of auction was conducted in the first half of March. The Centre started the commercial coal mines auction in 2020.
