ECBS to Part Finance Power Project DEBT

While presenting the General Budget 2012-13 here today in LokSabha, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister proposed permission of External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) in the power sector in order to partly finance the Rupee debt of existing power plants.

Shri Mukherjee stated that an inter-ministerial group is being constituted to undertake periodical review of allocated coal mines and to make recommendations on de-allocations, if required.

The Finance Minister informed that to address the concern of fuel supply constraints, Coal India Limited (CIL) has been advised to sign fuel supply agreement with power plan that have entered into long term Power Purchase Agreements with DISCOMs and will get commissioned on or before March 31st 2015.

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