Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 21:49
Pitching for pooling the prices of domestic and imported coal, a Parliamentary panel Tuesday recommended that a policy mechanism should be worked out on the same.
Last Updated: Monday, April 22, 2013, 22:40
The government Monday buried a proposal to pool prices of imported and domestic coal to make the fuel affordable to new power plants, owing to sharp opposition to the scheme.
Last Updated: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 11:46
The government may take a final decision Monday on blending of prices of imported coal and domestically-produced fuel or price pooling of coal.
Last Updated: Friday, April 19, 2013, 21:34
Coal pool pricing is likely to lead to revision in power tariff but it shouldn't be a big problem, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said Friday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 20:47
Unable to break the logjam, the Power and Coal ministries will again meet in the next couple of days to come up with the "best possible" model for price pooling of imported and domestic coal.
Last Updated: Saturday, February 16, 2013, 20:17
West Bengal Power Minister Manish Gupta on Saturday supported the idea of a coal regulator as mooted by the Centre, but opposed the price pooling concept.
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 09:15
The government is expected to soon announce a mechanism for price pooling of coal - blending the cost of domestic fossil fuel with the imported one to offset high price, sources said.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 12:05
The Power Ministry has suggested to the Coal Ministry that the difference in cost of imported and domestic coal should be added to the cost of indigenous fuel at the time of finalising proposal for pooling coal prices.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 23:43
The Power Ministry and the Coal Ministry are likely to meet again, next week, in order to resolve the deadlock over price pooling of coal and enable generation firms to ink fuel supply pacts before month end.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 11:58
He said there is a need to recognise the problems of the power sector and that is why the Cabinet in September approved the restructuring plan for the sector.
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