Inter-Ministerial Committee for Allocation of Cancelled Coal Blocks

The Government has constituted an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) under the chairmanship of Additional Secretary (Coal) having members from Ministry of Power, Ministry of Steel, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Department of Economic Affairs and Department of Legal Affairs. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today. The terms of reference (ToR) of the IMC are as under:- 

i) To advice on the policy issues connected with allocation of 204 coal blocks; 

ii) To advice on the issues referred by the nominated authority to the Central Government; 

iii) To interact with the industry stakeholders, industry bodies such as FICCI, CII, ASSOCHAM, Coal Producer Association, Steel Manufacturer Association, Cement Producers Association etc. in order to ascertain their views on the procedure and methodology of auction of coal block. 

iv) Any other issue referred by the Ministry of Coal in connection with coal block allocation. 

Shri Goyal further stated that IMC is to advise the Central Government on the issues mentioned in its ToR from time to time.

Source:PIB