The Minister of Coal and Mines, Pralhad Joshi announced 300 per cent hike in ex-gratia amount from Rs 5 lakhs to Rs 15 lakhs, for fatal coal mines accidents. Addressing the coal miners today at Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) in Odisha, he said that this...

A meeting was chaired by the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines  Pralhad Joshi today to discuss government legislations for the forthcoming winter session of  Parliament. The Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Heavy...

Minister of Coal & Mines, Pralhad Joshi said that the Coal India Limited (CIL) will produce 750 million tonnes of coal by the Financial Year 2020-21 and would further produce one billion tonneof coal in the financial year 2023-24. The Minister announced this...

Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways, Piyush Goyal participated in the 3rd edition of India Energy Forum2019by CERAWeek in New Delhi today. Piyush Goyal was part of the Indian Ministerial panel along with R. K. Singh, Minister for New and...

The Union Minister of State for Power and New & Renewable Energy (IC) and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, RK Singh and the Union Minister for Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi jointly launched PRAKASH (Power Rail Koyla Availability...

The Union Minister for Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs said that the Government is undertaking measures to ramp up the domestic coal production from the  current level of 730 MT to 1149 MT by 2023 thereby eliminating the coal import except for...

The National Geoscience Awards for the year 2018 for outstanding contributions in the field of geosciences, mining and allied areas were presented to twenty-two scientists from across the country. The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines, Shri...

The abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, criminalisation of instant triple talaq and amendment to  Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act to allow an individual to be designated as ‘terrorist’ are some of the major path-breaking  decisions...

A joint venture company namely Khanij Bidesh India Ltd. (KABIL) is to be set up with the participation of three Central Public Sector Enterprises namely, National Aluminium Company Ltd.(NALCO), Hindustan Copper Ltd.(HCL) and Mineral Exploration Company...

Ambassador of Uzbekistan to India . Farhod Arziev called on the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi in the Parliament Housetodayand expressed his countries desire for further strengthening of bilateral ties. Shri Joshi said that all...

International Yoga Day 2019celebrated in the Parliament premises, here today.Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines, Pralhad Joshi participated in the yoga event organised by Lok Sabha Secretariat, along with Hon’ble Speaker,Shri Om Birla, other...

Pralhad Joshi took over as the new Minister of Coal here today i.e. 31st May, 2019. In addition to Coal, he has also been assigned the portfolio of Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Mines. Shri Sumanta Chaudhury, Secretary, Ministry of Coal and other Senior...

Pralhad Joshi won the Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency in northwest Karnataka for the fourth time in a row in the just-concluded general elections.A member of the RSS, Joshi was the BJP's Karnataka unit President from 2014 to 2017.He shot to limelight in 1992,...