Dependent on Coal Mines of end use Projects

As per the eligibility criteria specified in the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Rules, 2014, a person who is eligible under sub-section (3) of section 4 of the Ordinance shall also meet the following eligibility criteria, namely:-

(i) a company eligible to bid for any Schedule II coal mine under sub-section (3) of Section 4 of the Ordinance shall have incurred an expenditure of not less than eighty per cent of the total project cost of the unit or phase of the specified end use plant for which the company is bidding.

For this purpose in case the end use project is being commissioned in units or phases and one or more units or phases are eligible the other unit or phase shall also be eligible provided that not less than forty per cent expenditure of the cost has been incurred for such other unit or phase.

(ii) a company eligible to bid for any Schedule III coal mine under sub-section (3) of Section 4 of the Ordinance shall have incurred an expenditure of not less than sixty per cent of the total project cost of the unit or phase of the specified end use plant for which the company is bidding.

For this purpose in case the end use project is being commissioned in units or phases and one or more units or phases are eligible, the other unit or phase shall also be eligible provided that not less than thirty per cent expenditure of the cost has been incurred for such other unit or phase.

This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, (Minister of state (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

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