Industry body Ficci on Saturday welcomed Power Minister Piyush Goyal's move to address issues pertaining to availability and quality of coal, saying that reducing the fuel for e-auction and streamlining environmental clearances with time-bound approvals will help increase supplies.
"While moves like reducing coal for e-auction could ramp up supplies in the short-term, streamlining the processes of environmental and forest clearances with time-bound approvals and ensuring better coordination with Railways will help in increasing supplies in the medium-term," the industry body said.