Govt puts up 67 coal mines for auction across 8 states

Hyderabad, June 21: The Ministry of Coal on Friday put up 67 coal mines for auction across eight states, including Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, West Bengal and Telangana.

Union Minister of Coal and Mines, G. Kishan Reddy, launched the 10th tranche of commercial coal mine auctions in Hyderabad. The tranche includes mines that are both fully explored and partially explored and three coking coal mines.

The Ministry of Coal has taken a series of reform measures to ensure that the coal sector grows at a rapid pace and meets the country’s energy needs.

For the 10th tranche also, mines falling under protected areas, wildlife sanctuaries, critical habitats, having forest cover greater than 40 per cent, or heavily built-up areas have been excluded.

The block boundaries of some of the coal mines where there was presence of dense habitation, high green cover, or critical infrastructure have been revised to improve the attractiveness of the coal mines.