Coal Minister Joshi holds meeting to plan production, supplies of dry fuel
13 Sep 2023
To strategise coal production and supplies in the following
months, Joshi said he chaired a meeting with Coal Ministry officials and
deliberated on ways to further increase coal dispatch to thermal power plants.
To strategise coal production and supplies in the following months, Joshi said he chaired a meeting with Coal Ministry officials and deliberated on ways to further increase coal dispatch to thermal power plants.
Coal supply to the power sector has grown by more than 10 per cent in the second quarter Q2 (till 10th Sept). The government is committed to fulfilling coal requirements of the industries, the minister said.
According to official data, the coal dispatches to the power sector increased 6 per cent to 324.5 million during the April-August period of the current fiscal over 306.70 MT during the year-ago period.