Timely availability of good quality coal in a transparent manner will be ensured through SHAKTI: Piyush Goyal

It's a major step that offers hope to many fuel starved power plants in India. The union cabinet has cleared a new coal linkage policy aimed at ensuring adequate supply of fuel to thermal power plants through a reverse auction process. CNBC-TV18's Anshu Sharma spoke to the Power and Coal Minister, Piyush Goyal to make sense of this landmark move.

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