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PMO asks coal ministry to work out plan to deal with coal supply issue

13 Oct 2014 Evaluate

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked the Coal Ministry to formulate a plan of action to deal with the present situation, arising out of the Supreme Court's cancelling the allocation of 214 coal blocks. The PMO has suggested the ministry to hold a consultation with infrastructure ministries so that end-use plants are not stranded in the absence of fuel.

In a big setback to corporate sector, the Supreme Court had last month quashed allocation of 214 out of 218 coal blocks allotted to various companies since 1993. Attributing these block allocations as unfair distribution of the national wealth, the apex court stated that common good and public interest have suffered heavily due to these allocations as there was no fair and transparent procedure. Among 218 allocated blocks, 105 blocks allocated to private companies, 99 were to state-owned firms, 12 went to ultra mega power projects (UMPP) and 2 to coal-to-liquid projects. However, four coal blocks including one each to SAIL and NTPC and two blocks to Sasan Power owned by Anil Ambani's Reliance Power were declared as legal.

The private companies have invested Rs 2.87 lakh crores in illegal 157 coal blocks and Rs 4 lakh crores in end-use plants. The Supreme Court has highlighted that the beneficiaries of the illegal process must suffer the consequences and refused to show sympathy to private companies and gave them a six month duration to wind up their operations by March 31, 2015. The apex court also directed the allottees of coal blocks to pay within three months an additional levy of Rs 295 per metric tonne of coal extracted since allocation.

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