India: Coal ministry offers relaxation in payment norms for coal block sales

The coal ministry has decided to bring in the first revision for performance bank guarantee (PBG) with regard to coal blocks sales upon grant of mine opening permission. Earlier, the PBG was proposed to be revised annually based on the National Coal Index (NCI). The decision was taken to reduce the financial burden after NCI prices had doubled since its launch.


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