New Delhi, Mar 14 () The coal output grew 8 per cent year-on-year to 638.46 million tonne (MT) in the April-February period of the current financial year.
The coal production was 591.42 MT during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, the coal ministry said in a statement.
Coal India Ltd (CIL), whose production target was fixed at 610 MT for the current financial year, produced 527.70 MT during April-February 2018-19. It was 6.6 per cent higher as compared with 495.08 MT during the corresponding period of the previous year, the ministry said in the statement.
The coal production by state-owned Singareni Collieries Company Ltd during April-February 2018-19 was 57.94 MT as compared with 54.64 MT in the year-ago period, showing a growth of six per cent, the statement said.
