{"id":374255,"date":"2026-10-22T16:44:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=374255"},"modified":"2026-10-22T16:50:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:20:02","slug":"suvikalp-initiative-prism-platform-and-skochawards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/suvikalp-initiative-prism-platform-and-skochawards\/","title":{"rendered":"SUVIKALP Initiative, PRISM Platform and SKOCHAwards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Coal Controller Organisation (CCO) received the SKOCH Gold Award 2026 for its SUVIKALPInitiative on 26 September 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About SUVIKALP Initiative\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_374263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-374263\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-374263\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-PIB-7.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUVIKALP Initiative\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-PIB-7.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-PIB-7.jpg?w=308&amp;ssl=1 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-374263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SUVIKALP Initiative<\/strong> is <strong>an in-house Mine Repurposing Tool.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Developed by:<\/strong> It is developed by the <strong>Coal Controller Organisation (CCO) under the Ministry of Coal.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> It aims to <strong>support scientific mine closure<\/strong> and the <strong>sustainable repurposing of post-mining land<\/strong> through <strong>structured and data-driven decision-making.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Features<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Project Selection:<\/strong> SUVIKALP <strong>evaluates and ranks mine repurposing projects<\/strong> using technical, environmental, social and economic criteria to support structured, data-driven decision-making.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Implementation:<\/strong> The users can use the <strong>Post-Mining Repurposing Implementation Strategy Model (PRISM)<\/strong> which <strong>explore implementation pathways after selecting a suitable project.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PRISM provides<\/strong> project concepts, implementation approaches, case studies, sample Detailed Project Reports (DPRs), tender documents and information on agencies working in similar sectors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>These initiatives <strong>support environmental restoration, livelihood generation, community development and economic diversification<\/strong>, moving beyond regulatory compliance towards productive use of closed mines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\" style=\"text-align: center;\">About SKOCH Awards<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>SKOCH Awards<\/strong> were instituted in<strong> 2003 by SKOCH Consultancy Services.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Award:<\/strong> The SKOCH Awards <strong>recognize individuals, projects and institutions <\/strong>for their <strong>extraordinary contributions to society and their efforts to make India a better nation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nature:<\/strong> The awards are <strong>conferred by an independent organisation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Focus:<\/strong> The awards recognize <strong>excellence in governance, technology, innovation, digital, financial and social inclusion, and transformational initiatives that deliver public value.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Coal Controller Organisation (CCO) received the SKOCH Gold Award 2026 for its SUVIKALPInitiative on 26 September 2026. About SUVIKALP Initiative\u00a0 SUVIKALP Initiative is an in-house Mine Repurposing Tool.\u00a0 Developed by: It is developed by the Coal Controller Organisation (CCO) under the Ministry of Coal. Aim: It aims to support scientific mine closure and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/suvikalp-initiative-prism-platform-and-skochawards\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SUVIKALP Initiative, PRISM Platform and SKOCHAwards<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-374255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}