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To eliminate coal imports by FY26: Joshi

The minister also emphasised that the government aims at reducing the import share of coal to 2% in the next financial year and finally reduce it to zero in the financial year 2025-26. (Image/Reuters)

The country will require coal for the next 30-40 years to maintain its energy security, said Prahlad Joshi, Union Minister for Coal and Mines on Wednesday. 

The minister also emphasised that the government aims at reducing the import share of coal to 2% in the next financial year and finally reduce it to zero in the financial year 2025-26. 

“The country’s coal import share has reduced from 26% in 2019-20 to 21% in the current fiscal,” Meena said. We are also enhancing the washing capacity for both coking coal and domestic coal so that the dependency on imports can be reduced, he added.