GoM on coal regulatory bill likely to meet on July 25

24 Jul 2012 Evaluate

The meeting of Group of Ministers (GoM) for discussing the draft coal regulatory bill is likely to be held for the first time this week on July 25. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had approved the formation of the nine-member GoM under the chairmanship of Home Minister P Chidambaram and the cabinet in its meeting had considered the note regarding constitution of coal regulatory authority and referred it to the GoM for the immediate roll out.

The coal ministry had moved a draft bill to the cabinet, which had not found consensus on some of the provisions in the Bill. The authorization for determining the price of raw and washed coal as well as any other by-product generated during the process of coal washing was one of the contentious issues. And the report points out that the price determined for coal produced by captive mines would be a basis to calculate the royalty and the price of coal declared as ‘surplus.’

The proposed regulator would also consider factors such as commercial principles, efficiency, competition, economic viability, and gross calorific value-based grading of coal to determine the price. Further, the regulator would also be responsible for granting or cancelling mining authorization, monitoring the utilization of funds for the implementation of coal conservation and development, and specifying procedure for automatic coal sampling and weighing.

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