11 firms got coal blocks via special route, govt tells SC

The government on Thursday submitted to the Supreme Court a list of 11 companies that were allocated coal blocks for end-use projects without their participation in a selection process. It acknowledged that these allottees had neither been recommended by the power ministry nor had their names been forwarded by the state governments, which were the only two routes for inclusion of coal block aspirants in the zone of consideration.

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