The government has allowed swapping of coal mines by users to help reduce coal transportation cost
Plans by Coal India to buy new machinery and outsource work are facing resistance from powerful unions worried about job losses
Goyal said that coking cola would still be imported and that his ministry was ready to tie up with Indian shipping companies for this purpose
He also sought clean environment cess to be shared between Centre and state govt in 60:40 ratio
One way was by swapping linkage coal between different coal companies to optimise distances and maximising dispatches of coal