Govt garners Rs 2.03 lakh cr revenue from Coal India in last 6 fiscals
The government has collected Rs 2.03 lakh crore in revenue from state-owned Coal IndiaNSE -2.05 % in the last six financial years, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. Of the total revenue received, the maximum of Rs 44,826.43 crore was mopped up in 2018-19.
“The government has collected Rs 2,03,221.12 crore in revenue from Coal India in the last six years beginning from financial year 2013-14 up to the last fiscal 2018-19,” Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
In 2017-18, the revenue stood at Rs 44,046.57 crore while in the preceding fiscal, it was Rs 44,068.28 crore, the minister said.
In 2015-16, the government collected Rs 29,084.11 crore in revenue from the PSU whereas in the preceding fiscal, the figure stood at Rs 21,482.21 crore.
