Industrial groups like Tata and Anil Ambani’s Reliance ADAG were allocated coal blocks despite not being recommended by the Power Ministry during UPA 1 when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was heading the Coal Ministry, shows a list submitted by the Centre to Supreme Court on Thursday.
A day after the Supreme Court raised questions on how the companies, whose names were not recommended by Central Electricity Authority and Ministry of Power, were allocated coal blocks, the Centre placed a list of 11 such firms which were given blocks for end-use power plants.
The list also includes Tata Power, Reliance Energy ltd, Balco SKS Ispat and Power, Prakash Industries, Green Infrastructure, Visa Power, Vandana Vidyut, GVK, Gagan Sponge Iron and lanco Group ltd. Attorney General also provided a list of eight companies recommended by Ministry of Power but not selected by Screening Committee.