Context: Zero Coal Leakage Plan
The Zero Coal Leakage Plan aims to ensure transparent and accountable coal transport and prevent coal theft, pilferage and unauthorised diversion.
Objective
To prevent:
- Coal pilferage
- Transit loss
- Illegal diversion
- Leakages in coal transportation
Nodal Agencies
- Ministry of Coal
- Coal companies
- Railways and transport agencies
- State authorities where relevant
Key Measures
- GPS-enabled tracking
- Digital monitoring
- Real-time movement verification
- Integrated Command and Control Centres
- Coal-quality and quantity verification
- Transparency in dispatch and receipt
Significance
- Improves resource governance.
- Reduces corruption and leakage.
- Strengthens coal supply-chain efficiency.
- Ensures better accountability.
- Supports energy security.
- Improves revenue realisation.
Governance Value
This is an example of using technology for:
- Transparency
- Accountability
- Resource governance
- Anti-corruption
- Public-sector efficiency
