(a) whether the M/s Vedanta Resources, M/s Sterlite Industries and M/s Vedanta Resources with different Joint
Venture have been allotted Coal Blocks in the recent past; and
(b) if so, the complete details of number of allotted Coal Blocks to each company for the last three years?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL (SHRI SANTOSH BAGRODIA)
(a) & (b) None of the three companies mentioned above have been allocated any coal block. However, M/s. Sterlite Energy
Limited has been allocated Rampia & Dip Side of Rampia coal blocks on 17.01.2008 jointly with other companies for its power
plant.Two other companies, M/s. Hindustran Zinc Ltd. and M/s. Bharat Aluminium Company, have also been allocated coal blocks,
namely, Madanpur South on 13.01.2006 alongwith other companies and Durgapur-Taraimar on 01.11.2007 for their sponge iron and
power plant respectively.