KOLKATA: State-run Coal IndiaNSE -0.57 % has decided to offer 21.5% additional coal this fiscal to power generators through forward e-auctions, while it will reduce offerings in the spot auction market from 2018-19 level by almost 4%.
A senior executive at the coal behemoth said the company will offer 33 million tonnes of coal through forward e-auctions in 2019-20 compared with 27.14 million tonnes in 2018-19. About the same quantity will be offered through the spot auctions market during the year compared with 34.34 million tonnes in 2018-19.
