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A first: CIL invites bids to import coal as power demand soars to record high

NEW DELHI: In a first, Coal India Ltd (CIL) has invited bids for importing 2.4 million tonnes of coal to help power generation companies build up fuel inventories for the monsoon.
The CIL on Thursday invited bids for importing coal for the first time, even as India's peak power demand shot past 210 gigawatts (GW) at 3 pm to smash the previous record of 209.8 GW hit a day earlier.

Reflecting the rising demand, energy consumption - or units of power consumed - also clocked a historic 4,712 million units (MU) on and gross generation across the country reached highest-ever at 4,824 MU on Tuesday as a result of the government's efforts to ensure 24x7 affordable power for all, power minister RK Singh tweeted.