India, Sept. 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Recently, reports have appeared in media on the auction of the Tara Coal block. These reports are misleading and incomplete facts have been used in these reports. These reports do not take into account the important developments that took place after 2023, which ultimately led to the auction of Tara (Revised) Coal Block in 2026.
It is a fact that the Tara coal block offered under the 7th Tranche in 2023 was taken out of commercial coal mine auctions as letter was received from Government of Chhattisgarh for the exclusion of coal blocks in Hasdeo Arand area from the commercial coal mine auctions.
Accordingly, the coal blocks in Hasdeo Arand area having overlap with Lemru ele...