The Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched 'Single Window Clearance System' for coal mines.
It is an online platform to obtain clearances for the smooth operationalisation of coal mines.
In June 2020, PM Narendra Modi had launched the auction of 41 coal mines for commercial mining, as a part of the announcements made under Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.
Despite of the fact that India is the fourth largest producer of coal in the world, the country is the second largest importer of coal in the world.
In 1973, the coal sector was nationalised.
This meant that domestic coal can only be mined by public sector companies.