CCEA relaxes coal tapering linkage policy; approves coal supply to 9 power projects

27 Dec 2013 Evaluate

The Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) has relaxed the coal tapering linkage policy thereby relaxing the coal supply to 9 out of 24 power projects in which the development of coal blocks was delayed due to the 'Go-No-Go' Policy of the Ministry of Environment & Forests on FSA basis. These 9 power plants, with investments worth about Rs 60,000 crore, would be building capacity of 11,000 megawatt (MW).

Although, these power plants already had their own captive coal supply blocks, but because of environmental clearances and other issues these power blocks could not be developed and hence these companies requested the government to ensure coal supplies to these power projects continue for a period of six years, instead of three years which is a current norm as per the tapering coal linkage policy.

Thus, in the meeting held on Thursday, the committee has proposed to provide additional coal supplies to these 9 units for a period of three years, till the end of September 2016 or for the period that companies were affected by 'Go-No-Go' Policy, or till such time the production actually starts from the blocks, whichever is earlier.

Further, the committee also proposed that the position would be reviewed at the end of the first three years by the Ministry of Coal (MoC) along with MoP and Planning Commission. Additionally, it decided that while the coal quantities admissible under Tapering Linkage Policy would be supplied through FSA, the additional quantities will be supplied on Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) basis, subject to availability of coal.

However, CCEA had earlier approved coal supplies to Thermal Power Plants (TPPs) with a capacity of 78,000 MW commissioned/ to be commissioned during the period from March, 2009 to March, 2015.  

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