{"id":130104,"date":"2026-10-22T14:27:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T08:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=130104"},"modified":"2026-10-22T14:27:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T08:57:31","slug":"suvikalp-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/suvikalp-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"SUVIKALP Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>SUVIKALP Tool Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, SUVIKALP received national recognition through the SKOCH Gold Award 2026 under the category \u201cDigital Operational Efficiency \u2013 Data Driven Decision Making\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About SUVIKALP Tool<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>in-house Mine Repurposing Tool<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>developed by the Coal Controller Organisation (CCO),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under <strong>the Ministry of Coal.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>assists stakeholders<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>selecting suitable mine repurposing projects<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through a structured and data-driven decision-making process.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>tool evaluates and ranks repurposing projects<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> based on multiple technical, environmental, social and economic criteria.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Working<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once a suitable project is identified, users can explore implementation pathways through <\/span><b>PRISM (Post-Mining Repurposing Implementation Strategy Model).<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PRISM provides project concepts, implementation approaches, case studies, sample Detailed Project Reports (DPRs), tender documents and information on agencies working in similar sectors.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Coal Controller Organisation<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coal Controller Organization (earlier Coal Commissioner), <\/span><b>established in 1916<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is one of the oldest offices in the Indian Coal sector.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>subordinate office under the Ministry of Coal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>collects and maintains coal production data<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of all <\/span><b>private and public sector coal mines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the country. The information is <\/span><b>collected on a monthly basis.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Functions of Coal Controller Organisation<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It does <\/span><b>inspection of collieries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> so as to ensure the correctness of the class, grade or size of coal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>issues directives<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the purpose of declaration and <\/span><b>maintenance of grades of coal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of a seam mined in a colliery.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It acts as <\/span><b>the appellate authority<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in case of dispute between consumers and owner arising out of declaration of grade and size of coal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>regulates disposal of stock of coal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or the expected output of coal in the colliery.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>grants opening \/ re-opening permission of coal mine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, seam or a section of seam or to sub-divide a mine.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Submission of monthly coal data to different ministries of Central and State Government, national and international organization.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?PRID=2325820&amp;reg=48&amp;lang=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUVIKALP Tool is an in-house Mine Repurposing Tool. 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