Coal production up by 1.6% during April-November period

23 Dec 2016 Evaluate

The overall growth in Coal production during April-November 2016 was up by 1.6%. The production of raw coal in the country during April-November of 2016-17 was 391.10 Mte compared to 385.11 Mte during the corresponding period of previous year.

The lignite mining capacity of NLCIL is 30.6 Million Tonnes per annum as on November 30, 2016. The company  has enhanced its power generating capacity from 4275.50 MW (as on March 2016) to 4293.50 MW inclusive of 10 MW Solar and 43.50 MW wind power.

The Coal Ministry has given special focus to decrease coal imports in the country. Government has saved about Rs 20,000 crore in the year 2015-16 and about Rs 4,844 crore in the first four months of the current year. The efforts on this front would lead to a further replacement of 15.37 MT of imported coal quantity by March 2017.


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