Cabinet approves revised SHAKTI policy
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the revised SHAKTI (Scheme for Harnessing and Allocating Koyala Transparently in India) policy to streamline coal allocation for thermal power plants across central, state, and private sectors. The revised policy introduces two simplified categories for coal linkages—Window-I and Window-II. Window-I allows central and state government-owned power generators, including joint ventures and subsidiaries, to receive coal at notified prices under the existing allocation mechanism. Window-II opens coal…