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24 Mar 2017
: The government is working on a policy to ensure power plants have surplus
availability of coal, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said today.
To a query on whether the government proposes to formulate a policy to ensure surplus
availability of coal for power plants, Goyal replied in the affirmative.
"A policy for allocation of coal to the power sector is under formulation," Goyal, who holds
coal and power portfolio, said in a written response to the query in the Lok Sabha.
Speaking of the declining trend in coal import, the minister said that in AprilJanuary of 2016
17, import of the fossil fuel fell 2.59 per cent compared to a year ago.
Because of increased production, coal import slumped to 199.88 mt in 201516, from 217.78
mt in 201415.
However, it is not solely dependent on domestic production, which is also linked to other
factors, including insufficient availability of coking coal of the required grade.
As per the International Energy Agency (IEA), India is the thirdlargest producer and secondlargest importer of coal in 2014 in the world,
the minister said.
Goyal further said technology development is a continuous process and the government has laid emphasis on updating technologies by
coal companies.
"Coal companies have already adopted appropriate technologies for coal mining as well preprocessing of coal. With regard to combustion
of coals for power generation, the power sector has also adopted high efficient low emission technologies like super critical technology in
line with the policy of the government to reduce emissions and improve efficiency," he said.
Source: Economic TImes