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Lok Sabha
The Government has allotted 2 million tonnes of coal per annum to National Co-operative Consumers Federation of India Limited (NCCF), a Government body under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, on the recommendations of that Ministry to cater to the needs of small and tiny consumers of the country. This information was given by the Minister of State for Coal & Mines, Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
The Minister further stated that 6 applications were received in the Ministry of Coal from the captive power plants located in Maharashtra for allocation of long-term coal linkage. In the Standing Linkage Committee meeting held on June 2, 2005, three captive power plants have been granted long-term coal linkage from Western Coalfields Limited.
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