Coal Minister

The coal ministry announced in June 2023 that it has accepted a salary adjustment deal struck with trade unions for non-executive workers of Coal India.

India will not face any shortage of coal this year: Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi

No matter what is the demand this year, the government is prepared to meet the same, the minister said at a conference on underground coal mining here.

India records historic growth in coal output at 982 MT in FY23, says Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi

At 982 MT, the country's total coal production is 14.65 per cent higher from 778.21 MT produced in the 2021-22 fiscal, the minister said in a statement.

India's coal production target fixed at 1,017 million tonnes for next fiscal: Pralhad Joshi

In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, coal minister Pralhad Joshi said the steps were being taken by the Centre to augment the coal output in the country by engaging mine developers and operators.

India's coal production to touch 1 billion tonnes next fiscal, Govt informs Parliament

Replying to queries in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour, the Coal Minister said India's domestic coal requirement will reach 1,500 million tonnes by 2030, for which the nation needs to scale up its production.

Domestic coal production seen at 900 MT in FY23: Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi

Commercial mining would be important to achieve the goal of energy security, he said.

There would be no power cuts due to coal shortage: Coal minister

Pralhad Joshi, the coal minister, promised on Friday that there would be no power outages in the country from now on due to a coal shortage. Low stock at power plants has been hampering the country's power generation for weeks, according to the statement.

Thermal coal demand to increase to around 1,500 MT by 2040: Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi

The minister added that there was a need to be conscious about the environment and keep in mind the sustainable mining goals.

Power shortage not as high as projected, import-base plants will be made functional: Pralhad Joshi

The power ministry on Thursday that the government has ordered all imported coal power plants ordered to operate at full capacity as power demand has surged almost 20 percent in energy terms.

Coal power generation capacity under outage reduces to 6 GW

Earlier in the day, Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi said cumulative coal supplies to thermal power plants crossed 2 million tonne on Tuesday and dispatch of the dry fuel is being enhanced to the plants

CIL gets green nod for 17 mining projects: Coal Minister

In a tweet the minister said: "For making PM @NarendraModi Ji's vision of 24x7 'Power for All' a reality, @CoalMinistry in co-ordination with @moefcc has got the environment clearances to 17 new and existing coal projects and 3 washeries of @CoalIndiaHQ..."

CIL to develop 55 new coal mines in next 5 years: Coal Minister

"Coal India has taken... steps to boost its coal production, (including) opening of 55 greenfield projects having capacity of 92 MTPA (million tonne per annum) and expansion of 193 brownfield projects having capacity of about 310 MTPA in next five years," Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi said in a reply to the Lok Sabha.

Piyush Goyal exhorts Coal India employees to meet targets

"This target is not unachievable. Please take this as a challenge and turn this into a possibility," Goyal said at the 43rd foundation day celebration of CIL here last evening.

India turns to local coal for planned 4,000 MW Tamil Nadu project

India will use domestic coal for its proposed 4,000 megawatt power project in southern Tamil Nadu state, instead of imported it, Coal Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday, as the south Asian nation seeks to cut its overseas purchases.

CIL aims to invest Rs 8.5K cr in capex in FY'18: Govt

State-owned CIL is looking at spending Rs 8,500 crore on capital expenditure next fiscal, starting April 1.

India keen to buy foreign coking coal assets: Piyush Goyal

"The recent spurt in global coal prices, particularly for coking coal, is expected to create an encouraging scenario for such acquisition process," Goyal told lawmakers in a written reply.

India to require 884.87 mt of coal in 2016-17: Government

"Niti Aayog carries out an annual assessment of requirement of coal for the country. This assessment has been done for the period up to 2016-17 wherein the demand for coal has been assessed at 884.87 mt," Coal Minister Piyush Goyal said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.

No shortage of coal; 23 days stock available for power plants

"Multi-dimensional efforts are underway by Coal India Limited to substantially enhance coal production to meet the coal requirement. As on August 8, 2016, coal stock for 23 days is available with thermal power stations," Coal Minister Piyush Goyal said during question hour.

CIL mulls pact with South African firm for joint acquisitions

"Coal India Ltd (CIL) is further considering signing of an MoU with a mining company owned by the government of South Africa to jointly undertake identification, acquisition and operation of coal assets in South Africa," Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal informed the Lok Sabha.

Draft policies on coal-based urea, ethanol in 3 weeks: Gadkari

Ministries of Chemical and Fertilizer and New and Renewable Energy will come out with the draft policies for manufacturing of coal-based urea and second generation ethanol in three weeks, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said.

Rs 1,159.96 cr paid as land compensation by CIL subsidiaries

Observing that a total of Rs 1,159.96 crore was paid as compensation by CIL, Goyal told Lok Sabha that Rs 840.68 crore has been paid in 2013-14 by Eastern Coalfields Ltd, Bharat Coking Coal Ltd, Central Coalfields Ltd, Northern Coalfields Ltd, Western Coalfields Ltd, South Eastern Coalfields Ltd and Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd.

'Global investors willing to commit $10 bn in renewables'

Although a majority of rural households do not have LPG or other clean cooking options, Uttar Pradesh scored better than other states while Jharkhand reported the lowest level of access to clean cooking energy, the survey found out.

Piyush Goyal vows to make discom stress a 'thing of past'

Goyal had earlier said the Centre cannot be considered as a bailout bank for helping debt-ridden power distribution companies, and states will have to find a way out of the crisis. The combined debt of power distribution companies (discoms) stands at over Rs 3 lakh crore.

Thermal coal imports soar 24% to 33 MT at 12 major ports

These 12 ports had handled 26.29 MT of coal during the same period of the last fiscal. Thermal coal is the mainstay of India's energy programme as 70 per cent of power generation is dependent on the dry fuel, while Coal Minister Piyush Goyal has been emphasising the need to increase the production by state-run Coal India.

Coalscam: Madhu Koda seeks to summon Former PM as accused

The application said that during investigation, the chargesheet says that the allocation has been "made wrongly and not in public interest, (so) the ultimate final authority who made the allotment cannot be allowed to go scot-free without even facing the trial."