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Coal production projected to reach 795 mt by end of 12th Plan: Optimistic Scenario

The Report of the Working Group on Coal & Lignite for formulation of the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17) indicated two scenarios for the production of coal during the plan period. As per the Optimistic Scenario, the production of coal was projected to reach 795 MTe by the end of the Twelfth Plan (2016-17) and as per the Business as Usual Scenario, the production was expected to reach 715 MTe by that year including 100 MTe from captive blocks. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge.

The Minister further stated that the Optimistic Scenario was based on the assumptions about speedy development of coal evacuation, rail infrastructure and progress on environment and forest related clearances. The focus of the Government is to take all measures to facilitate increase in production of coal.

Source: Business Standard