The Ministry of Coal has received a total of 38 bids during three rounds of commercial coal mines' auctions. The last date for submission of technical bids for all the coal mines was 27 June 2022.
As many as 28 offline bids were received against 15 coal mines under fifth tranche of commercial mines' auction. Under second attempt of third tranche, nine coal mines were put up for sale and six bids have been received against them.
Under second attempt of fourth round, four coal mines were put up for auctions and four bids have been received against three coal mines.