Coal India Limited Auction Calendar for Linkage Auctions

25 Oct 2023: The supply of coal to Thermal Power Plants, Non-Regulated Sector (NRS), and State Nominated Agencies was earlier governed by the New Coal Distribution Policy, 2007 (NCDP). 

 Coal India Limited Auction Calendar for Linkage Auctions

Thereafter, the provisions of coal linkages of the NCDP for the Power Sector and the Non-Regulated Sector have been replaced by the new mechanisms of the SHAKTI Policy in 2017, and the Auction of coal linkages for NRS under the Policy guidelines for the auction of coal linkages of Non-Regulated Sector -2016, respectively.

The SHAKTI  Policy and Policy guidelines for NRS are accountable, fair, and transparent mechanisms for allocating coal linkages to the Power/Non-Power Sector through a process of bidding.

The Coal linkage auctions under the provisions of SHAKTI B (iii)

The Coal linkage auctions under the provisions of SHAKTI B (iii), SHAKTI B (viii) (a), and for NRS are conducted by Coal India Limited (CIL). CIL in adherence to the SHAKTI Policy and NRS linkage auction policy, has uploaded the tentative auction calendars on its website (https://www.coalindia.in/our-business/marketing-and-sales/general-notices/) for the linkage auctions conducted by it under the above three categories.

These auction calendars provide the tentative time schedule during which the linkage auctions under these three categories are to be conducted by CIL during a year. The auction calendar will enable the coal consumers to plan for sourcing their coal requirement under these linkage auction windows through a responsible, accountable, fair, and transparent process of auctions.