India’s coal output remains below estimate at 58 MT in August: Govt data
India produced 58.33 million tonnes of coal in August, missing its target of 67.94 MT for the month, according to the government data.
The coal production target for August was 67.94 million tonnes (MT), according to the government’s monthly statistics (provisional).
However, the production during last month increased by 8.27 per cent to 58.33 MT in August from 53.88 MT in the corresponding month of previous fiscal.
Country’s coal output in the first five months of the ongoing financial year increased to 324.39 MT as against 263.97 MT in the April-August period of the previous fiscal.
