Fuel supply by state-owned Coal India Ltd to the power sector rose by 11.4 per cent to 38.61 million tonnes last month, official data showed.
The development assumes significance in the wake of thermal power plants in the country grappling with coal shortage.
Coal India (CIL) which accounts for 80 per cent of the country’s coal output had supplied 34.64 million tonnes (MT) of coal in August last fiscal, according to official data.
Fuel supply by CIL in the April-August period of the current fiscal increased by 27.2 per cent to 205.90 MT over 161.87 MT in the year-ago period, it said.
