CIL posts 30.7% growth in supplies to power sector in April-July’21
Kolkata: Coal India clocked a robust 30.7% growth in supplies to power sector during April-July’21 with a whopping 39 million tonne (MT) increase, over the year-ago period.
The company has said that with the country’s power consumption gradually inching towards pre-pandemic levels, CIL’s off-take to coal-fired plants went up sharply to 166.3 mts during the referred period from 127.2 mts of same period last fiscal.
“Off-take to power sector for July’21 at 39 mts registered 17% growth compared to 33.3 mts that the company supplied during July’20,” it has added.
CIL’s total coal off-take also increased by 46.7 mts during the first four months of the fiscal in progress, registering a strong 28.4% growth. The total volume of coal supplied was 210.8 mts during April-July’21 compared to 164 mts of corresponding period year ago.
