After targeting to eliminate imports of substitutable coal by FY26, the coal ministry will now encourage imported coal-based power plants to make capital investments to run on domestic fuel.
The ministry is set to request power plants run on imported coal to make changes in technologies and design to be able to use domestic coal over the next two years.
“The country will have surplus coal in the next two years..,” Union minister for coal and mines Pralhad Joshi said on Thursday. He added that the government is trying to address the logistical and other issues in domestic coal production and transport, with a view to eliminating import dependence for coal varieties that are locally available.
