The Coal Ministry will display within 15
days the list of 54 coal blocks to be allocated through competitive
bidding and government nomination.
“In another 15 days, we will come out with the list of 54 coal blocks to
be given away through competitive bidding and government dispensation
route,” a Coal Ministry official said, adding that the list of blocks will
be displayed on the ministry's website.
These 54 blocks will be hopefully allocated this year, he further said.
Earlier the ministry had indicated that certain blocks out of 54 acreages that
were tipped to be put up for competitive bidding will be awarded on a
nomination basis.
The government had not identified the reserves to be given either through
nomination or competitive bidding. “The exercise for identifying the
blocks is under way,” the official said.
Last month, the ministry had said it would allocate five blocks to NTPC through
the dispensation route to help the state-run power generating company meet
requirement of its four thermal projects.
Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal had said in May that the proposed
competitive bidding round for coal blocks in the country would be held soon.
The proposal for auctioning the blocks through competitive bidding was first
mooted for the first time over two years ago.
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