Parliament Standing Committee discusses production of coal, lignite

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel on Monday discussed issues related to production of coal and lignite as well as planning in different coal fields in India.The meeting was held in Parliament premises at 11.30 a.m. The 31-member committee, including 21 Lok Sabha members and 10 Rajya Sabha members, discussed “production of coal and lignite, its projection and planning with specific reference to performance of Western Coalfields Limited and Central Coalfields Limited”.Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) leader and Member of Parliament from Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, Rakesh Singh, chaired the committee which was reconstituted on September 13 this year.