Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal today took charge as the Minister for Coal. Starting with a detailed briefing from the senior officials of the Coal Ministry, Shri Jaiswal emphasized that his primary focus would be the performance of the Ministry in the first 100 days as has been desired by the Prime Minister. In this regard, he directed the officers to take all necessary steps to step up production of coal in a balanced manner, meet shortages and develop an equitable distribution policy.
Emphasizing on the importance of coal to meet the energy demand of the country, the Minister said that there was need for a balanced way forward to overcome the various constraints and problematic issues in this sector including those relating to environment, land acquisition and others.
The Minister said that he was keen to adopt a model land acquisition policy based on successful models that have been implemented in states like Haryana. He said that if required he would hold a meeting with the concerned state Chief Ministers as well as with the Minister for Environment & Forests to sort out issues which were hampering the growth of the coal sector.
Shri Jaiswal who was Minister of State for Home Affairs in the last Government was born on 25 September 1944. He was elected for the first time to the 13th Lok Sabha in 1999 and re-elected to the 14th Lok Sabha in 2004. He was elected to the current Lok Sabha from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
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