In India, what is the role of the Coal Controller’s Organization (CCO)?
- 1.CCO is the major source of Coal Statistics in Government of India.
- 2.It monitors progress of development of Captive Coal/Lignite blocks.
- 3.It hears any objection to the Government’s notification relating to acquisition of coal-bearing areas.
- 4.It ensures that coal mining companies deliver the coal to end users in the prescribed time.
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Answer & explanation
Answer: (a) 1, 2 and 3
The Coal Controller's Organisation is a subordinate office of the Ministry of Coal that collects coal statistics, monitors allocated coal blocks and hears objections under the coal-area acquisition law, but it does not police delivery of coal to consumers.
- ✓ 1. It works under the Collection of Statistics Act and has a Statistics Section; its yearly Coal Directory of India and Provisional Coal Statistics are the standard government source for coal data.
- ✓ 2. The CCO has a section that monitors allocated coal blocks, including captive coal and lignite blocks.
- ✓ 3. The Coal Controller hears objections to the Central Government's notification for acquiring coal-bearing land under the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957, and reports to the Centre.
- ✗ 4. Its listed duties cover grade and quality checks, mining and closure plans, opening permissions and statistics; ensuring that mining companies deliver coal to end users on time is not among them.
Remember · Coal Controller's Organisation: subordinate office of the Ministry of Coal; coal statistics, grade disputes, mining and closure plans, monitoring of coal blocks, and hearings under the 1957 coal-area acquisition Act.
Sources
- Ministry of Coal, RTI disclosure: Coal Controller's Organisation functions ↗ “To hear objections to the Central Government Notification relating to acquisition of coal bearing land under Coal Bearing Area (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 and to furnish him reports to Central Govt.”
- Coal Controller's Organization, About Us (Departments/Sections) ↗ “Statistics Section Monitoring of Coal Block Allocated Section Mine Closure Plan Section Coal Conservation & Development Section Excise Duty Section Technical Section”
- Ministry of Coal, Agencies under the Ministry: Coal Controller Organisation ↗ “The Collection of Statistics Act, 1953(32 of 1953) and the Collection of Statistics (Central) Rules, 1959.”
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