Coal India supplies 532.41 Million Ton Coal up to January 26, 2022

3 Feb 2022 , 04:37 PM

Coal India has provided coal supplies to the tune of 532.41 Million tonnes (MT) during the current fiscal (up to 26th January ‘22), in comparison to last year same period figures of 453.98 MT achieving growth of about 17%.

Moreover, in the current fiscal, against the pro-rated demand of 439.37 MT by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) (up to 26th January ‘22), CIL has supplied coal to the tune of 432.90 MT (up to 26th January’22) to the power sector, thereby achieving a materialization of about 99% in comparison to last year same period figures of 351.57 Million tonnes, achieving a growth of 23% over last year same period.

This information was given by the Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi in a written reply in Lok Sabha.

“There is no shortage of supply of coal from Coal India Limited (CIL) sources, being the single largest supplier of domestic coal in India,” the minister said.

On Sensex, Coal India finished at Rs161.20 per piece down 1.7%.