India plans e-auction of coal blocks in 2010

NEW DELHI, INDIA: India plans to begin e-auction of coal mines for captive use by industries in 2010, State Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said on Monday.

"A committee of state ministers is considering it and then it will go to the parliament for the amendment in the existing act. In 2010, you can say we will begin e-auction," the minister told reporters in Hindi.