Category: Coal

Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Tuesday reviewed the coal supply and power generation scenario as the government looks at ways to defuse the energy crisis being faced by several states. At the meeting over coal shortage at power plants which have led to blackouts in some states, Power Secretary Alok Kumar and Coal Secretary AK […]

In a public interest litigation before the Gujarat High Court highlighting the poor air ambient quality in Gujarat, a petitioner, in an affidavit dated October 11, has submitted that the recent coal shortage is a fit case for the court to issue directions mandating use of natural gas in all industries, thus switching over from […]

The power Ministry on Tuesday allowed power producers using domestic coal to import up to 10 per cent of their coal requirement to boost low stocks, sources said. The move could bolster coal inventory at thermal power plants within a week, they added. India’s coal fired power plants are facing severe shortage, with an average […]

The government has asked state-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) to augment the coal supply to power producers to 1.55-1.6 million tonnes (MT) per day around the Durga Puja period, and to further scale it to 1.7 MT per day after October 20, according to a source. The development assumes significance in the wake of the […]

High overdue payments to coal companies by certain states have contributed to the low levels of coal stocks at thermal power plants, as per government officials. The Power Ministry has written to four states — Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan — asking them to clear dues to coal companies. The outstanding dues of […]

Amidst a reported shortage of coal at thermal power projects, Indian Railways has braced for transporting coal round the clock to power plants. The national transporter is internally treating the shortage as an “emergency”. Instructions have gone out to the principal chief operations managers of all zonal railways to man operations control rooms round the […]

THE DELHI High Court Monday passed an order exempting TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s wife Rujira Banerjee from physical appearance before a court in Delhi, where she was summoned in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged coal scam in West Bengal. Rujira has approached the High Court against the complaint filed against […]

Facing an acute shortage of coal in its thermal plants, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited has cut down on power generation and may impose rotational load shedding at several places in the state. PSPCL CMD A Venu Prasad on Saturday informed Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi that the thermal power plants in Punjab – […]

The centre has notified guidelines allowing thermal power plants with idle capacity to sell unrequisitioned power in the spot market. The country’s thermal power plants are currently facing a severe coal shortage, with a majority of the thermal stations having an average of four days of coal stock against a normative requirement to hold 15-30 […]

The Coal Ministry said on Sunday that India has sufficient stocks to meet the demand for coal in thermal power plants, and that fears of a disruption in power supply are “entirely misplaced”. Thermal power plants in the country are currently facing a shortage of coal due to a sharp uptick in power demand, restricted […]

IN A move expected to help address the ongoing coal shortage at the country’s thermal power plants, the government on Tuesday notified rules allowing the sale of up to 50 per cent of the annual coal and lignite output of captive mines. The move to amend the Mineral Concession Rules, 1960 is expected to benefit […]

As the economy recovers from pandemic blows, a sharp surge in energy demand has triggered an unprecedented fuel shortage at the country’s coal-fired stations, a situation that Union Power Minister R K Singh terms way “beyond” the normal post-monsoon supply crunch. While there is expectation that the demand could start tapering off from the latter […]