Since FY15, govt collected ₹4,973 cr revenue from auctioned coal mines
New Delhi: The government has collected ₹4,972.738 crore in revenue from auctioned coal blocks since financial year 2014-15, Parliament was informed Monday.
Of the total revenue garnered till 31 October, the maximum of ₹1,280.58 crore was mopped up in 2018-19.
In 2017-18, the revenue stood at ₹1,115.02 crore while in the preceding fiscal, it was ₹1,018.117 crore.
In 2015-16, the government collected ₹663.774 crore in revenue while in the preceding year, the figure stood at ₹241.294 crore, Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi said in a reply to the Rajya Sabha.
