NEW DELHI: State-owned CIL’s coal allocation to the power sector under special e-auction registered a 27.7 per cent rise to 16.48 million tonnes (MT) in the April-October 2020 period. Coal India Ltd NSE 1.86 % (CIL) had allocated 12.90 MT of coal to the sector in the year-ago period, according to government data.
The coal allocation by CIL in October also increased to 6.51 MT, over 1.97 MT in the corresponding month of the previous fiscal, the data said.