In less than a week, auctions of 11 blocks for the power sector have netted around Rs 60,000 crore. In all, 204 coal blocks will be auctioned in a phased manner, following the Supreme Court‘s order canceling the earlier allocations.
There would be two methods of bidding for auction of coal blocks – forward bidding for unregulated sectors like steel, cement and captive power and reserve bidding for specified end use for power generation.