A Parliamentary Standing Committee has suggested the government to reduce the import of coal and increase the domestic production to meet the demand.
The Standing Committee on Energy in its report tabled in Parliament also expressed disappointment over the slow pace of work in starting the production of newly allocated coal blocks to state run thermal power plants.
“Thanks to efforts made by the Ministry of Power and the Ministry of Coal, the import of coal for blending was reduced by 56% in 2020-21. However, the year 2021 has been unprecedented as the international prices of imported coal went up which affected the import of coal by imported coal-based power plants,
