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Mines, coal bills clear Rajya Sabha hurdle; finally see the light of the day

23 Mar 2015 Evaluate

On the last day of the first leg of Budget session, the government in a commendable act succeeded in the passage of two key reform bills the Mines and Minerals Bill and the Coal Mines Bill in Rajya Sabha. However, the celebrations would have been louder if it could succeed with the passage of another key legislation land acquisition bill, the fate of which now hangs in balance.

Nevertheless, paving the way for auction of blocks, the government managed to pass the mining and mineral bills even as opposition parties, notably the Congress, wanted it to be referred again to the relevant select committee. The bill was pressed for voting -117 members were in favour and 69 against it.

Meanwhile, the crucial bill that provides legal framework for auction of coal blocks was passed by Parliament, replacing an ordinance that was to expire on April 5. The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2015 was passed with 107 members voting in favour and 62 against in the upper 245-member House where the ruling BJP-led coalition is in a minority.

The Coal Bill opens the sector for commercial mining and seeks to facilitate the auction of over 200 cancelled coal blocks. The legislation replaces an ordinance issued by the government on October 21 last year and then re-promulgated on December 26 after the Supreme Court cancelled allocation of 204 coal blocks terming the allocations as fatally flawed. Passage of the bill provides legal framework for the auction of the coal blocks.

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