22 Oct 2020  |   05:25am IST

Meet to select MDO for operating coal block on Fri

Meet to select MDO for operating coal block on Fri

Team Herald


PANJIM: To set the ball rolling to take over the Dongri Tal Coal block at Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh allotted to Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC), last year, the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant will chair crucial meeting over selection of Mine Developer and Operator (MDO) for operating the coal block, on Friday. 

Sawant will chair the Steering Committee meeting on Public Private Partnership (PPP) on Friday. 

In the last meeting of the Steering Committee held on October 8, the Chief Minister had given green signal to select MDO for coal block through RFP. 

During the meeting there will be presentation on the draft RFP and Rapid Study on market assessment for the Coal block. 

The Dongri Tal II coal block at Singrauli was allotted to GIDC as part of the fifth tranche of allotment by the Coal Ministry, last year. Coal mines have been allotted to State governments for sale of coal under the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015.


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