Supply of coal to the power sector by state-owned CIL declined by 2.6 per cent to 80.9 million tonnes in the first two months of the ongoing fiscal, Government data showed.
This comes amid coal imports rising 12.9 per cent to 235.2 million tonnes (MT) in FY’19 over 208.2 MT imported in FY’18.
The country’s top dry-fuel miner Coal India Ltd (CIL) had supplied 83.1 MT of coal in April-May period of FY’18, according to Government data.
In May, coal dispatch by CIL dropped 4.9 per cent to 40.6 million tonnes from 42.7 MT in May 2017-18.
Coal supply by SCCL also dropped by 2 per cent to 9.4 MT in April-May 2018-19, from 9.6 MT supplied in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.
