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Coal import increasing in India, 13 percent increase in coal import in February – India TV Hindi

Coal imports in India have increased by 13 percent in February to 21.6 million tonnes. The reason for increase in coal imports in February is due to companies accumulating coal stocks in view of the increasing demand for electricity in summer. The country’s coal import during the same period in the last financial year was 1.91 crore tonnes.

In the report of news agency PTI, quoting data from Junction, it was said that coal import has increased to 21.6 million tonnes in February 2024, which was 19.15 million tonnes in February.

Import of non-cooking coal increased

In the total coal import in February, import of non-cooking coal has increased to 13.77 metric tons, which was 11.68 metric tons earlier. At the same time, the import of cooking coal has increased to 4.56 metric tons, which was 4.40 metric tons in February 2023.

Coal import reached 244.27 metric tons

According to the report, 244.27 metric tons of coal has been imported in the months of April to February of the financial year 2023-24, which was 227.93 metric tons a year ago. At the same time, during the period from April to February of the last financial year, the import of non-cooking coal has increased to 160.63 metric tons. Earlier it was 148.58 metric tons. At the same time, the import of cooking coal has increased to 51.87 metric tons, which was earlier 50.50 metric tons.