PSUs to bid for 17 coal blocks; Govt invites proposals

01 Jan 2013 Evaluate

The Coal Ministry has invited applications from government firms for allocation of 17 coal blocks, mostly for captive power plants. The process of coal block allocation has been initiated under the amended provisions of Mines and Mineral Development and Regulation Act and Rules framed there under.

The applications have to be submitted within thirty days i.e. to be submitted up to 30th January, 2013 to the Ministry of Coal. 'It has been decided to offer 17 coal blocks (14 coal blocks for end use i.e. for power and 3 coal blocks for mining) to different Government Companies/Undertaking (Central and State),' the Coal Ministry said in a statement.

The government's repeated announcements to make policy for mines allotment transparent and CAG’s report stating potential losses of Rs 1.86 lakh crore to the government in block allotment process to 57 private firms without auction has led to this significant development in the block allocation process.

The blocks on offer are Jilga-Barpali, Baisi, Banai, Bhalmunda, Kente and Kerwa in Chhattisgarh, Gowa, Pachwara South and Kalyanpur-Badalpara in Jharkhand, Mahajanwadi in Maharashtra, Kundanali-Laburi, Sarapal-Nuapara, Tentuloi, Chandrabila and Brahamani in Odisha, Gandbahera-Uhhenia block in Madhya Pradesh and Deocha-Pachami-Dewanganj-Harinsingha in West Bengal.

An inter-ministerial panel, set up to look into coal block allocations to PSUs, recommended, last week, a pre-determined evaluation criteria that include taking into account allotees' track record of developing the mines given to them. 

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