Coal minister Shriprakash Jaiswal and power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde had accused Ramesh's ministry of creating bottlenecks, causing delays in projects, thereby impacting performance of the two key sectors for India's economic growth. The government constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by finance minister Pranab Mukerjee to sort out the differences but seeing not much headway even after two meetings, the PM has decided to call a meeting next week.
In a background note for a meeting, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has stipulated a 10 point reform package to fasten environment clearances and enhance production of coal and increase power generation. Growth in both the sectors has been much less than the target stipulated in the 11th five year plan.Â
“MoEF (Ministry of Environment and Forest) should adhere to the specified time limits of 150 days for fresh forest clearance and 150 days for renewal cases," says the note from the PMO circulated for the meeting. Read the full report here.
Source: Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times, New Delhi.
