Measures Taken to Ensure Mining Operations in Auctioned and Allotted Mines Coal mines included in Schedule-II of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 were operational. Ministry of Coal has taken proactive measures to ensure that statutory clearances including Environment and Forest Clearances by the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change are transferred to the successful bidders and allottees expeditiously. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today. So far, out of a total of 67 coal mines successfully auctioned and allotted, Vesting / Allotment Orders have been issued in respect of 45 coal mines. Out of these 45 coal mines, Environment Clearances has been transferred in favor of successful bidder/allottee for 37 coal mines. As regards Forest Clearance, the same has been transferred in favor of successful bidder/allottee of 25 coal mines. In respect of 7 coal mines, no forest clearance is involved and in respect of 5 coal mines, transfer of forest clearance is not required as the Prior Allottees are the Successful Bidders / Allottees. The Minister further stated that the Central Government has taken up the matter of expediting various clearances with the concerned coal bearing State Governments and has been regularly pursing with the authorities concerned with the objective of brining the successfully auctioned / allotted coal mines into production as soon as possible. RM/RS- USQ512- LS
