The Ministry of Coal is scheduled to launch the 14th Business Coal Mine Public sale on Wednesday (October 29, 2025). Along with providing a brand new set of absolutely and partially explored blocks for public sale, the newest spherical will introduce for the primary time a provision for underground coal gasification (UGC) inside the framework.
UGC as a technique of coal mining requires that the coal or lignite stays underground as is and the carbon gasoline in deep reserves is transformed right into a gasoline combination, i.e. syngas or artificial gasoline. Commenting on the newest provisions of the UGC, the Coal Ministry stated: “This progressive measure is predicted to cut back dependence on imported pure gasoline and crude oil, whereas opening new avenues for funding, technological development and job creation throughout associated sectors.”
The industrial public sale framework was launched in 2020 with the purpose of “selling transparency, selling competitors and rising the supply of coal for home trade, thereby lowering dependence on imports”. For the reason that inception of the public sale framework, a complete of 130 blocks of allocation orders have been granted for mines secured at public sale. These blocks account for a cumulative most rated manufacturing capability of roughly 267.24 million tons per yr.
Other than launching the newest spherical of auctions, the coal ministry can even launch the Coal Land Acquisition, Administration and Fee (CLAMP) portal alongside the Koila Shakti dashboard. The previous can be a central repository of land data aimed toward facilitating real-time knowledge integration and monitoring throughout all coal PSUs. In the meantime, the dashboard serves as a unified interface to combine the coal worth chain from mine to market to reinforce effectivity and real-time coordination.
