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02 Aug 2022
The government had earlier eased the norms
for coal mine expansion in the wake of supply crunch in summer months
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State-owned CIL's 10 coal mining projects have
got green nod so far for their expansion which would lead to additional
capacity of 9.65 million tonne, Parliament was informed on Monday.
The
government had earlier eased the norms for coal mine expansion in the wake of
supply crunch in summer months.
Replying to
a query in Rajya Sahba, Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi said of the 10 projects of
Coal India Ltd (CIL), three are in Odisha, two each are in Maharashtra and
Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and one in Chhattisgarh.
While in
five coal mining expansion projects, environment clearances (EC) was given in
May, in the remaining five cases the nod was given in July.
While
granting EC to these projects, which are falling within and outside the
severely polluted area, additional environmental safeguards have been provided
as part of EC condition.
In order to
augment the coal production to meet India's energy need, the coal ministry had
made a plea to Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to consider
expansion of mine without public consultation up to 50 per cent of their
production capacity.
The Centre had on May 7
issued an office memorandum, "regarding special dispensation for
consideration of Environment Clearance (EC) from 40 to 50 per cent expansion in
coal mining projects, within the existing premises/mine lease area, without
additional land acquisition."
This special dispensation was given to only those mines which have already
obtained 40 per cent dispensation based on earlier reforms, Joshi said.
Coal India
accounts for over 80 per cent of domestic coal output.
Coal
Secretary A K Jain had earlier attributed the power crisis in summer months to
the sharp decline in electricity generation from different fuel sources and not
due to the non-availability of domestic coal.
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