India will have surplus domestic coal by the financial year 2025-26 that can be used to run the imported coal-based (ICB) power plants, Union Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters here, he asserted that the government is aiming at boosting domestic production and reducing fossil fuel imports.
“We might ask the ICBs to consider changing the technology at their plants to run on domestic coal. It will not be compulsory but domestic coal would be available for them at competitive rates and they can benefit from it. Even imported coal for blending would also come down,” he said.
