Anil Swarup

" For the two years as coal secretary, I did not convene a single meeting in Delhi. I used to travel to each state where coal exists once in two months to engage with the chief secretary, senior officers and with all the district magistrates on video conference, and discuss the big issues relating to land acquisition and forest and environment clearance."

Bureaucratic reshuffle: 19 new secretaries appointed

Coal Secretary Anil Swarup was appointed School Education Secretary as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected today.

Govt working on gradually reducing import: Coal Secy

"We have done a detailed analysis on how to handle imports. As we increase production, we must bring down imports, it is already coming down but should be at much faster rate," Union coal secretary Anil Swarup said.

Coal India's coal supply to power sector dips 3% in Apr-Sep

The dispatch of dry fuel by Coal India (CIL) in the corresponding period of FY'16 was at 190.6 MT, government data said.

Centre has no plan to increase coal royalty rates now: Swarup

The Centre on Tuesday rejected Odisha government's demand of increasing the rate of coal royalty at this juncture, saying such a move would affect the common man.

No plans to scale down Coal India production target: Anil Swarup

"There is no move to scale down Coal India production target. I had a discussion with Coal India (CIL) people. They would make it up by 31st of March. This year there has been unusual rains," Coal Secretary Anil Swarup told reporters here.

Coal dispatch by Coal India to power sector dips 13% in August

State-owned Coal India (CIL), which accounts for over 80 per cent of domestic coal production, dispatched 30.25 MT of coal in the same month last fiscal, according to government data.

CoalMin wants other ministries also to go 'totally digital'

In line with the Centre's ambitious 'Digital India' initiative, the Coal Ministry had earlier announced that it has decided to move all papers and documents in digital format, a move aimed at bringing more efficiency and transparency.

Hardly any demand for power in country: Anil Swarup

"Someone has to look into these issues. How to increase this demand of power. It is very important because today per capita consumption of energy in India is equal to per capita consumption of the US in the late 90's. If that is the pace than the demand has to go up," the Secretary said.

CoalMin to go 'totally digital' from October 16

"Date for going totally digital in Coal Ministry advanced from 1st Nov to 16th Oct. All files & papers to move in digital format," Coal Secretary Anil Swarup said in a tweet.

CoalMin to go 'totally digital' from Nov 1: Swarup

Among other ministries, the HRD Ministry had also said it is working to ensure that degrees and certificates are given to students in digital format from the 2017 academic session onwards.

Demand for coal to be robust; imports to reduce: Anil Swarup

Anil Swarup, Secretary at Ministry of Coal is very confident of uptick in coal demand going forward because the per capital power consumption in the country is much below that of China.

Jharkhand to work for supplying water from abandoned coal mines

A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting between Das and Union Coal Secretary Anil Swarup here, an official release said.

Coal India in talks with Bangladesh for coal exports

The development comes in the backdrop of a sharp decline in demand for coal as well as with an inventory of over 80 million tonnes (MT) of the fuel at the pitheads and power plants.

Indian power plants have enough coal to overcome strike: Goyal

"The nation as a whole has sufficient supply of coal," minister Piyush Goyal said late on Tuesday at a conference in Mumbai, according to a government statement released on Thursday.

Steel Ministry seeks higher supply of coking coal

"The Steel Ministry wants more availability of coking coal for steel plants of SAIL and RINL. As a result, Steel Secretary Aruna yesterday met Coal Secretary Anil Swarup," an official said.

India air pollution death rate to outpace China: Researcher

"India's situation is getting worse at a much faster speed than China," Dan Greenbaum, president of Boston-based Health Effects Institute (HEI), told Reuters in Beijing.

Coal imports decline by 5% in April-May

The imports in April-May of the last fiscal were 37.72 million tonnes (MT), Coal Secretary Anil Swarup said in a tweet.

Coal imports will further decline this fiscal: Anil Swarup

"Coal imports will continue to come down with increased availability of coal (domestic)," Coal Secretary Anil Swarup told reporters here on the sidelines of an event here.

No auction of coal mines in next 2-3 months: Coal Secy

The secretary further said at present there are no plans for opening up the sector to private parties and the government will consider on the same as the demand for coal picks up.

Govt asks state gencos to stop imports, buy coal from CIL

Concerned over no takers for the coal produced by Coal India (CIL), the Centre asked state-owned power generation firms to immediately stop imports of the fuel and instead buy coal from the company

Coal imports decline by 15% to 15.9 MT in April

"Provisional coal import figures: Reduction from 18.7 MT in April 2015 to 15.9 MT in April 2016. In value terms, from Rs 8,942 crore to Rs 6,023 crore (32 per cent)," Coal Secretary Anil Swarup said in a tweet.

Govt gets portal rolling for coal distribution

Speaking on the occasion, Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal said the portal symbolises the level of transparency that the government has promised to people and represents co-operative federalism of all the stakeholders.

India delays plans to open up coal sector to private firms

The world's third-largest coal importer wants private companies to contribute about a third of an annual production target of 1.5 billion tonnes by 2020, but the hold up in opening the sector to non-government companies for the first time in over 40 years may mean India will fall well short of that mark.

Coal grade slippage: Govt panel to meet by month-end

The committee formed almost a year back is co-chaired by Joint Secretaries of both Ministry of Coal and Ministry of Power, an official said.