In order to augment coal production and to address rapidly increasing demand of coal by power sector in the country, Coal India Limited (CIL) has framed a Model Contract Agreement for mining of coal in some of its mines. The responsibility of acquisition of land, obtaining statutory clearances etc shall be with CIL / subsidiary companies. The compensation for land and R&R shall be paid by CIL as per its approved R&R policy. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (I/C) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
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