December 12, 2025 5:17 PM

Centre introduces CoalSETU window for long-term coal linkages and exports

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Friday approved a new policy mechanism called the CoalSETU window, creating a fresh pathway for long-term coal linkages across diverse industrial users and for exports. The CoalSETU window will be added to the existing Non-Regulated Sector (NRS) Linkage Auction Policy of 2016. Unlike the current system, where linkages are reserved for specified end-use sectors such as cement, sponge iron, aluminium, steel and captive power plants, the new mechanism a...