Coal India Ltd.

The government has asked Coal India (CIL) to ramp up the production and dispatch to 2 million tonnes per day against around 1.6 MT at present, to fulfill robust demand for coal. The direction to CIL comes at a time when the power plants in the country have low fuel stocks.

The dispatch of coal to the power sector in August has been 14.4 per cent higher compared to the same month last year, and 22 per cent higher in September as against the same month last year.

Coal India (CIL) is the world’s largest coal mining company. It also produces non-coking coal and coking coal of various grades for diverse applications.