The country’s coal production has picked up momentum in the last 15 days after unprecedented rains in early October in coal producing states, the government said on Monday.
Total production of coal from all sources during the last 15 days is over 26.40 lakh tonnes per day.
“Coal production in the country, during current FY (till 28.10.23) has shown a growth of 12.81 per cent compared to same period last year,” the coal ministry said in a statement.
The overall supply of dry fuel has increased by 11.70 per cent and supply to power sector has registered a growth of 7.87 per cent compared to the same period last year.
