The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved major investments by state-run Coal India in the thermal power sector. These includes the setting up of two thermal power plants by the coal miner with cumulative investments of around Rs 21,000 crore.
The break-up of the investments by Coal India subsidiaries are as follows: Rs 823 crore by South Eastern Coalfields Ltd for setting up a supercritical thermal power plant of 1×660 MW capacity in collaboration with Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Co Ltd.
