Wednesday, September 7, 2011


Clarification of Coal blocks as Go and no Go Areas

The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI) while considering the note dated 26.11.2010 and supplementary note dated 10.12.2010 from the Ministry of Coal regarding “Need for making available more coal bearing areas for enhancing coal production” in its meeting held on 13.01.2011, directed that all pertinent issues, including issue of Go and No Go areas, may, in the first instance, be considered by a Group of Ministers (GoM), and thereafter, the matter be brought before the Committee. The Cabinet Secretariat vide their Memorandum dated 3rd February 2011 constituted a GoM under the Chairmanship of Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of Finance.

The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI) while considering the note dated 26.11.2010 and supplementary note dated 10.12.2010 from the Ministry of Coal regarding “Need for making available more coal bearing areas for enhancing coal production” in its meeting held on 13.01.2011, directed that all pertinent issues, including issue of Go and No Go areas, may, in the first instance, be considered by a Group of Ministers (GoM), and thereafter, the matter be brought before the Committee. The Cabinet Secretariat vide their Memorandum dated 3rd February 2011 constituted a GoM under the Chairmanship of Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of Finance.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Environment and Forests (independent charge) Shrimati Jayanthi Natarajan in a written reply to a question by Shri R.C. Singh in Rajya Sabha today.

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