India is likely to import 172 million tonnes of coal in 2024-25, 173 million tonnes in 2027-28, and 170 MT in 2029-30 of non-cooking coal. The country imported 215 million tonnes of coal in FY'21 and 249 million tonnes of coal in FY'20, the coal ministry said.
India's coal import saw a drop of 18.6 per cent to 116.81 million tonnes (MT) during April-October this fiscal as against the same period a year ago.
Union Minister of Coal and Mines, Pralhad Joshi said that there is no question about the privatization of Coal India.
The party accused the prime minister and the finance minister for being silent on the scam involving "Modi's industrialist friend" Gautam Adani.
The country's coal import in July increased by 42 per cent to 20.79 MT (provisional), over 14.64 MT (revised) in the same month previous year.
India’s power shortage stood at 2.1 per cent, the lowest level in a single year, in the last financial year, Parliament was informed on Thursday.
Kolkata: The government is not going to encourage coal import as a policy, but it will not impose curb either, Coal Secretary Anil Swarup said today."As a policy, we are not going to facilitate coal
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