Coal Deposits

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  Essar Asked To Pay Rs 50 Lakh To Madhya Pradesh Farmers After Ash Leak

  Days after a toxic ash leak at a coal plant in Madhya Pradesh damaged farmland in a 4-km area, the local administration has directed the power company to deposit Rs 50 lakh as compensation to the farmers.

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  Meghalaya Ordered To Pay 100 Crore Fine, Allowed To Restart Coal Mining

  Meghalaya has been ordered to deposit Rs 100 crore in fines, imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), for failing to curb illegal coal mining in the state

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  Meghalaya Told To Pay Rs 100-Crore Fine For Failing To Curb Coal Mining

  Days after a judicial panel headed by Retired Justice BK Katakey found largescale violations of a coal mining ban in Meghalaya, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday asked the state government to deposit Rs 100 crore with the central pollution control board towards restoring the environment.

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  Opinion: All Together Now, With or Without Paris

  Anyone reading this - in English on a phone/tablet/computer - most likely has a lifestyle that will need more than just one Earth to sustain if all seven billion people followed it. Mine, to my shock, was over four planets. Carbon Footprint tests are easily found on the net and are good and guilty fun.

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  National Green Tribunal Asks Coal India to Deposit Rs 10 Crore Bank Guarantee

  While hearing the case filed by NGO Prayatna, the NGT on Friday directed the CIL to submit bank guarantee of Rs 10 crore before the Member Secretary, Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board, here, within ten days.

• JSPL, Unit Pay Rs 3,089 Cr Additional Levy to Government

  Jindal Steel and Power, along with its subsidiary Jindal Power, has deposited Rs 3,089.25 crore as additional levy to the government, as per Supreme Court directions in the coal block allocation scam.

• SAIL asked to deposit bank guarantee of Rs 57 lakh

  The Coal Ministry has asked Steel Authority of India Ltd to deposit a bank guarantee of Rs 57 lakh for delaying development of a mine in Jharkhand allocated to the company for captive use. This follows recommendations an inter-ministerial group (IMG) on coal blocks.

• Coal Ministry directs Nalco to furnish Rs 18 crore bank guarantee

  The Coal Ministry has directed Nalco to furnish a bank guarantee of about Rs 18 crore for not developing its coal mine in Orissa and a failure to deposit the sum within 3 months may result in the block being taken back.

• Government feels heat over coal field allocation: 10 big facts

  The government is now under fire on account of a report by its auditor that says it lost 10.7 lakh crores because it undervalued coal deposits and did not auction coal fields between 2004 and 2009. Here is your 10-point cheat sheet to this story:

• CAG's coal report: 10 big facts on this big controversy

  The government, which is under fire on account of a report by its auditor for losses to the tune of 10.7 lakh crores for not auctioning coal deposits from 2004 - 2009, has managed to partly douse the flames. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), which prepared the draft report, has said that the content has not been finalised and hence, is mis...

• Steel firms hit by Coal sale report

  Steel stocks fell 0.3 per cent, weighing down on the broader indexes, after the CAG draft said India lost up to $210 billion in revenue by selling coal deposits too cheaply.

• India loses $210 bn in coal sales in 'mother of all scams'

  India lost up to $210 billion in revenue by selling coal deposits too cheaply, according to the CAG