No coal shortage at power plants; supply rises 25% in Apr-Dec: R K Singh
Power projects in the country do not have any coal shortage currently and these plants have got 25 per cent higher coal supply of 430.6 million tonnes in April-December 2021 compared to a year ago, Parliament was informed on Thursday.
“Presently, there is no shortage of coal for power plants in the country,” Union Power Minister R K Singh on Thursday said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
According to the reply, the total quantity of coal despatched to the power sector by Coal India Ltd (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) during April-December 2021 stood at about 430.6 million tonnes (MT), against about 344.2 MT in the year-ago period. It was about 375.2 MT during the corresponding period of 2019-20.
