Coal stocks improve at power plants in November, says power minister

Coal stocks at over 136 power plants in the country improved to 18.95 million tonne (MT) in November this year as compared to the previous two months, Parliament was informed on Thursday.

Stock of coal at these plants was 10.37 MT in September and 8.07 MT in October.

“As on 26th November 2021, the total coal stocks available with 136 linkage-based power plants monitored on a daily basis in Central Electricity Authority (CEA) was 18.958 MT, which is sufficient to run these plants for an average of 9.5 days,” Power Minister R K Singh said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.