Cancellation of coal blocks after IMG report: Jaiswal

Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal. File PTI Photo

Against the backdrop of opposition pressure, the fate of 58 coal blocks will be reviewed tomorrow at a meeting of an Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG), on whose recommendations wrongful allotments and cases in which mining has not started can be cancelled.

Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said an IMG has been set up to examine the pros and cons and based on its report any number of allocations can be cancelled.
He said the IMG will give its report by September 15.

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