New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): Coal production in India surged by 36.23 per cent year-on-year to 33.94 million tonnes (MT) in the first half of May 2022 as compared to 24.91 MT recorded in the same period last year, the government data showed on Tuesday.

Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], March 26 (ANI): Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has warned the coal companies of putting barricades around coal mines if due payment of worth Rs 1.36 lakh crore is not cleared to the state by Central PSUs.

New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Coal stock at the power plants had depleted to a low of 7.2 million tonnes in October 2021 due to interruption in supply and increased demands, but the supply has now normalised and there is no shortage, Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi said on Wednesday.

New Delhi [India], March 7 (ANI): The Ministry of Coal today in a statement said the country's coal production has increased to 79.54 million ton from 77.99 million ton (MT) as compared to February last year. This is an increase of 2 per cent.

New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): India targets to increase coal production to 1.2 billion by 2023-24 and the government has implemented a number of steps including revenue share mechanism, rolling auction, and single window clearance to boost output, Union Minister of Coal Pralhad Joshi said on Wednesday.

New Delhi Oct 22 PTI Amidst coal shortage at thermal power plants Indian Railways has ramped up the number of coal rakes carrying the dry fuel across the country from 435 rakes per day in the end of September to 487 rakes daily as of Friday October 22 according to data accessed by PTIThe national transporter has also issued instructions to all zones to monitor the loading of coal from mines and increase the number of rakes being used to supply coal to powerhousesAccording to the data out of the 378 rakes which were ferrying coal on October 1 280 were sent to powerhouses however by Friday October 22 out of a total of 487 rakes carrying coal 391 were destined for powerhouses across the countryThe remaining were diverted to other industriesMost of the coal is being transported from Coal India Limited CIL with the number of coal rakes being ramped up from a total of 254 rakes on October 1 out of which 218 were for powerhouses to 331 rakes on October 22 out of which 303 were headed to power plantsOn Thursday the Railways ran a four-km-long train with four engines to supply coal to power plants on a war footingThe urgency to maintain supply via special trains comes in the middle of coal scarcity reported from across the countryIn fact sources indicate that the Railways is mulling putting into service special trains just to ferry coal similar to the service undertaken during the shortage of oxygen at the peak of the coronavirus crisisTill now there has been no problem with availability of rake to transport coal If there is any need in the future coal express trains can also be put into service a railway official saidWe are working together with the companies to ensure supplies to the power sector by ramping up the number of rakes which are put into service and at the same time increasing their availability whenever needed the official saidAccording to the Central Electricity Authority CEA as on Monday Indias 135 coal fuelled power projects totalling 165066 GW had four days of stocksIndias daily electricity consumption has crossed 4 billion units BU resulting in an 18 per cent spike in coal consumption during August-September compared to the corresponding period in 2019 PTI ASG RHL

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], October 11 (ANI): Kerala Electricity Minister K Krishnankutty on Monday said the state government will take a decision on imposing power cuts after October 19 as the state is facing a shortage of 100 MW of electricity.

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], October 11 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has called a high-level meeting today on power shortage in the state, said sources.

New Delhi [India], October 11 (ANI): Congress leader Gaurav Vallabh on Sunday alleged under the guise of coal shortage, the Centre could be attempting to provide benefits to corporates by increasing coal prices.

New Delhi [India], October 10 (ANI): The Ministry of Coal on Sunday reassured the country that ample coal is available in the country to meet the demand of power plants.