The country’s coal output went up by 16.39 per cent to 607.97 million tonnes (MT) during the April-December period of the ongoing fiscal. India’s coal production was 522.34 MT in the corresponding period of previous fiscal. The coal production by state-owned Coal India — which accounts for over 80 per cent of domestic output of the fossil fuel — was at 479.05 MT in the April-December period, registering a rise of 15.82 per cent, the coal ministry said in a statement.
The ministry has paved the way for releasing additional coal in the market by greater utilisation of mining capacities of captive coal blocks which has led to increase in production of coal by captive and other companies by 31.38 per cent to 81.70 MT during the period under review as compared to 62.19 MT in 2021.
