In a letter to the successful bidders, the ministry said, "It has been decided to hold a meeting under the chairmanship of Joint Secretary and Nominated Authority, Ministry of Coal, to review status of transfer of various clearances and schedule of mine opening in respect of... Coal mines allocated through e-auction for power sector."
The companies which have been asked to attend the meeting are Jaiprakash Power Ventures, GMR Chhattisgarh Energy, Essar Power M P, the Durgapur Projects and Adani Power.
The government had recently auctioned 29 coal blocks in two tranches to private companies and garnered over Rs 2 lakh crore, surpassing CAG's loss estimate of Rs 1.86 lakh crore in allotment of mines earlier without auction.
The government had earlier this month kick-started the process for auction of 10 coal blocks in the third tranche, inviting bids from companies engaged in sectors like steel, cement and captive power generation.
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Of the total estimated geological reserves, these mines have extractable coal of about 356.24 million tonnes and are located in Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
The government had said said last week that it will put on the block eight more mines after the third round of auction.
The Supreme Court in September last year had cancelled allocation of 204 coal mines to companies without auction.