Imports of coal fall by 25% fall in last three years as India strives to increase domestic production

14 Mar 2023 Evaluate

The Coal Ministry data has showed that imports of coal have seen a 25 per cent fall in the last three years (from 2019-20 to 2022-23). The government imported 248.54 million tonnes of coal in 2019-20 which come down to 186.06 million tonnes in the current fiscal of 2022-23 (till December 2022). In fact, coal imports have gradually come down since 2019-20, as in 2020-21, it was 215.25 million tonnes while in 2021-22, it further came down to 208.93 million tonnes.

In 2018-19, India's coal imports stood at 235.35 million tonnes and had risen to 248.54 million tonnes in 2019-20, a rise of 5.6 per cent. However, since 2019-20 till the current fiscal, imports have been following a downward trajectory. Though India imports coal from several countries like Australia, Canada, China, Mozambique, Russia, South Africa, New Zealand and the US, its bulk of imports are from Indonesia.

Imports fell as India strives to increase domestic production and reduce dependence on imports, despite the fact that owing to global geopolitical turmoil which has put a strain on supply chains, it, along with other nations, has been forced to enhance its dependence on the dry fuel instead of moving to greener sources of energy. Government plans to enhance production of coal to 1,012 billion tonnes in 2023-24 and further increase it to 1.3 billion tonnes in 2025-26.

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