The government on Thursday reviewed ease of doing business and environmental sustainability aspects and appreciated decentralisation of approval process of mining plan and mine closure plan.
A meeting to review the coal controller’s organisation was held under the chairmanship of Coal Secretary Anil Kumar Jain recently, in which senior-level officials of the Ministry of Coal and the coal controller’s organisation were present.
“The secretary reviewed ease of doing business and environmental sustainability aspects, and appreciated decentralisation of approval process of mining plan, and mine closure plan and gave direction to similar action in respect of pricing of coal having GCV less than 2,200 kcal/kg and closure of the suspended coal mines in an environmentally sustainable manner,” coal ministry said in a statement.
