(a) whether the Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation (MMTC) has taken up the task to
procure coal on behalf of the National Thermal Power Corporation and floated a tender for the
same;
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the conditions specified in the tender;
(c) the details regarding companies which had applied for the same;
(d) whether the high Earnest Money Deposit amount for the tender resulted in many companies
withdrawing from the same; and
(e) if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of the Government thereto?