India achieves 47 pc growth in coal production in past 9 years
India's overall coal production has gone up by 47 per cent to 893.08 million tonnes during the last nine years, the Ministry of Coal said in a release Friday.
India's overall coal production has gone up by 47 per cent to 893.08 million tonnes during the last nine years, the Ministry of Coal said in a release Friday.
The priority of the Ministry of Coal is to enhance domestic coal production to reduce the dependence on substitutable coal imports.
India's coal production in March 2023 rose by 12.03 per cent to 107.84 million tonnes from 96.26 million tonnes as compared to March 2022.
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Domestic coal production has increased by 8.67 percent in 2021-22 over the previous year.
The coal production from captive/commercial coal blocks was around 5.09 Lakh tonne on 2 March which was the highest-ever single-day production.
Coal India Ltd (CIL) reported production of 619.70 million tonnes up to February 2023 as compared to 542.38 million tonnes during the same period of the last fiscal, an increase of 14.26 per cent.
Coal production has increased from 730.87 MT (Million Ton) in 2019-20 to 778.19 MT in 2021-22, achieving a growth of 6.47 per cent.
Mahanadi Coalfields Limited continues to lead in its segment after producing 168 million tonne coal last year and recording new highs in all the three parameters, registering a growth of 17.5% in coal production.
Of the top 37 mines in coal production, as many as 24 mines produced more than 100 per cent and the production of five mines stood between 80 and 100 per cent.
