Break up Coal India into seven smaller companies, suggests NITI Aayog

Fresh coal production should come from private sector mines, govt think-tank NITI Aayog said

India should split the seven units of state-controlled Coal India Ltd into independent companies and let them compete against one another to encourage competitive pricing, the government's policy think-tank said on Tuesday in a draft of a new energy policy.

Fresh coal production should come from private sector mines, the government think-tank NITI Aayog said, adding that the move called for reforms in allocating coal blocks to independent companies specialised in coal mining. 

Coal India was not available for comment after regular business hours.