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Private Players Run Almost All Coal Mines With PSUs.
Down To Earth
|September 16, 2020
Mine Developer and Operators (MDOS) have been running 13 of the 14 operational coal mines allotted to various public sector undertakings (PSUS) since 2015.
This story is from the September 16, 2020 edition of Down To Earth.
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