The Cabinet may on Thursday take a decision on the draft Bill for setting up the coal regulatory authority.
The Coal Regulatory Authority Bill, 2013, needs Parliamentary approval and is to be introduced in the next session, P Chidambaram told reporters.
The government on Friday approved a landmark draft mines bill which provides for miners to share 26 per cent of their net profits for the people affected by the coal projects, while the burden on the non-coal miners will be amount equivalent to royalty.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the larger interest of the public sector would be fully protected.
Since Parliament is still in session, the government refrained from making an official statement but the ministers said there were ample 'precedents by the Congress governments in the past' of Bills being pushed through the ordinance route.
Opposition party is unlikely to block Bills for GST, insurance and e-auction of coal mines.
The real estate Bill will stamp out illegal practices prevalent in the industry.
The final and last approval for the Adani group's long-delayed billion dollar mega coal mine project came weeks after a surprise election win of Australia's pro-coal ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
Parliament has cleared the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2023, recently. The objective of the Act is to invite investments from the private sector, including foreign companies, for mining minerals such as lithium and other critical minerals. Other than lithium, some of these minerals were classified as atomic minerals, including beryl and beryllium, niobium, titanium, tantalum and zirconium.
From 1952 to 1967, each of the three Lok Sabhas sat for an average of 600 days and more than 3,700 hours. In comparison, the 15th Lok Sabha -- from 2009 till 2013 -- has met for just 345 days and 1,331 hours, says Shreya Singh
An insatiable quest for personal propaganda, event management and attractive slogans has made Modi sovernment as 'catch headline government'
India will have to deal with the question of whether broadband service providers are 'common carriers', like highways.
Financials were among the top losers along with Sun Pharma and index heavyweight Reliance Industries
Insurance sector to get lot of foreign investment: Jaitley.
'The government wants foreign companies to capture the insurance market.'
White House said Trump strongly believed that protecting environment and 'promoting our economy are not mutually exclusive goals'.
Govt keen to revive business sentiment in india.
Inter-ministerial programmes have run into obstacles as rules written by bureaucrats hamper rather than promote investments.
A key government official involved in initiatives to make doing business in the country easier said improving the ranking to 50th in a year was not possible but the country could certainly do that over two years.
The government has taken a number of steps to address the situation faced by farmers.
'Will 'Make in India' be able to harness the demographic dividend so it does not become a disaster?' 'Will 'Digital India' live up to the lofty promises the government and private sector made as part of its recent launch?'
Indian economy about to take-off
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