PM Convenes Meeting to Review Power, Coal Projects


New Delhi, May 15 (PTI) Amid inter-ministerial differences causing delay in execution of projects, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a high-level meeting to resolve issues like coal shortages and environment clearances with the ministers of Power, Coal, Environment, Steel and Finance on May 19.

"The meeting will be held on Thursday (May 19) to assess the progress made in the first four years of the current Plan and resolve the differences among the ministries," a senior Coal Ministry official said.

This will include the power capacity addition targets achieved between 2007-08 and 2010-11 and projects stranded due to coal shortages and environment clearance, the official said.

The meeting, to be chaired by Singh, will be attended by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal, Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia.

  

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