As per New Coal Distribution Policy (NCDP), 2007, Standing Linkage Committee (Long-Term) is authorized to recommend the Letters of Assurance (LOAs) for supply of coal. Based on the SLC (LT)'s recommendation, so far 177 LOAs have been issued to various power plants including Central/State Government Sector as well as Independent Power Producers (IPPs). The total capacity of LOAs issued to IPPs (including Joint Ventures) is about 70938 Megawatt. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, (Minister of state for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
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