An Indian Railways train carrying coal. (representative image) (Ramesh Pathania/Mint via Getty Images)
Following the liberalisation and opening up of the domestic coal mining sector as a part of its Atmanirbhar Bharat policy push, the government is now looking at opening up of the coal marketing in a bid to unleash the sector's potential,
Emphasising on the need of opening up coal marketing, Union Coal Secretary Anil Kumar Jain said, "Itâs about time that coal marketing was opened up. All the knots, which have tied up coal linkages, Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), Fuel Supply Agreements (FSAs) and bidding have to be opened up."