The government has constituted a three-member panel headed by Planning Commission member B K Chaturvedi to look into proposed relocation of NTPC's 1,980-MW North Karanpura plant in Jharkhand. The three-member panel also includes Coal Secretary and Power Secretary. It will submit its report within a month. The North Karanpura project is supposed to be started in Chatra district of Jharkhand. The 8,000 crore Rupees NTPC project has been delayed due to differences of views of the concerned ministries over its location.

The development comes after a Group of Ministers (GoM) on Coal headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, in its meeting last month, decided to refer the North Karanpura power project issue to the B K Chaturvedi Committee.