India’s thermal power generation rose 16.28 per cent to 87,687 million units (MU) last month from 75,412 MU generated a year earlier, the coal ministry said in a statement.
The country’s overall power generation also increased by 14.63 per cent to 1,18,029 MU from 1,02,968 MU in the same period last year. Power utilities’ despatch edged up 3.55 per cent to 62.34 million tonnes (MT) during November this year as compared with 60.20 MT in the year-ago month.
