Govt to regulate coal supply to states amid low stock in many power plants

The government has decided to take strict action of regulating coal supply from Coal India NSE 0.61 % to states that do not raise captive coal production within a week or utilise their imported coal-based plants within a fortnight.

Coal supply to such states will be “suitably reduced to improve supply to other power plants having higher generation or without captive mine or imported coal power purchase agreements”, a government official said on Monday.