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Provide preference to existing coal block allocatees during auction process: Assocham

28 Oct 2014 Evaluate

As the government is preparing for fresh auction of coal blocks cancelled by the Supreme Court, Industry Body Assocham has suggested the government to give preference in the auction to captive block allocatees whose end-use plants were operational at the time Supreme Court quashed allocations of mines.

Supreme Court had last month quashed allocation of 214 out of 218 coal blocks allotted to various companies since 1993, underscoring 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.

Assocham stated in a note submitted to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) that coal blocks already allotted for end-use power projects should be auctioned only for power projects, while those for steel projects should be auctioned only for steel projects. Assocham is of the view that if coal block allocates to new bidder, it will lead to considerable delays in commencement of production from mines and adversely affect the end-use projects.

Industry body further noted that auctions should be opened for others only after coal for these projects is secured. Assocham further noted that reserve price and upfront payment should be based on actual mineable reserves and not on the basis of geological reserves. Bidding for end use power as well steel projects should be on the basis of upfront payment fixed by Ministry of Coal (MoC ) and extractable reserve linked payment quoted by the bidder in Rupee/tonne. Assocham also suggested that the auction process should accord the Right of First Refusal (RoFR) to the existing allocatees of the coal blocks who have end-use plants either operational or soon to be operational or to the allocatees that have taken substantial effective steps to set up end-use plants.

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