Fractured/Earth

In the report it submitted last week, the parliamentary standing committee on coal observed that the inter-ministerial group (IMG) whose recommendations formed the basis of allotment of two large coal blocks to private players for conversion to oil “has not performed its duty honestly”. While the report does not elaborate on the IMG’s alleged failings, minutes of the IMG meetings, accessed by ET using the Right to Information (RTI) Act, shed light on them and reveal that some group members might agree with the committee’s indictment.

a story by TOI’s supriya sharma and me on one of the more ignored aspects of coalgate — the coal to liquid projects.