Aiming to increase the annual coal production capacity, the government has allocated eleven coal mines to Coal India Ltd under provisions of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 and the MMDR Act, 1957.
In a written reply to a question in the Upper House of the Parliament on Friday Union Coal Minister Piyush Goyal mentioned that the new coal blocks will add about 225 MT coal in its collective annual production capacity.
There are five coal blocks in Jharkhand (Amarkonda Murgadangal, Brahmani, Chichro Patsimal, Dhulia North, Pirpainti-Barahat), four in odisha (Rampai, dip side of Rampai, Ghogharpalli and dip extension of Ghogharpalli) and two in Bihar ( Mandar Parvat and Mirzagaon). Read More
