Overall coal production increases by 61 MT during 2021-22; Power Sector coal imports come down by 40 %

Overall coal production increases by 61 MT during 2021-22; Power Sector coal imports come down by 40 %

• The Coal Ministry has said that coal imports declined to 209 Million Tonnes in 2021-22 against 248 Million Tonnes in 2019-20. It said that power sector coal imports came down by forty per cent. Overall coal production has increased by 61 Million Tonnes during 2021-22.
• The Ministry informed that the decline in coal import during 2021-22 is largely due to decrease in imports by the Power Sector which came down from 45 Million Tonnes in 2020-21 to 27 Million Tonnes in 2021-22. It further informed that the total thermal power generation in the country increased to 1,115 Billion Units in 2021-22 from 1,032 Billion Units in 2020-21.

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Published date : 03 Jun 2022 06:11PM