New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): Coal production from captive and commercial coal blocks in India jumped by 58 per cent year-on-year to 43.93 million tonnes in the April-August period of 2022-23, as per data released by the Ministry of Coal on Tuesday.
Jaipur Oct 22 PTI Rajasthan Vidyut Utpadan Nigam RVUN has got approval from the Union Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change to start mining operations in the Parsa coal block in Surguja Chhattisgarh Rajasthan Energy Minister B D Kalla said in a statement that with the RVUN getting clearance from the Union ministry to start mining operations at the Parsa coal block Surguja the hurdle in starting mining in this new block has been removed He said that as soon as the mining work starts additional coal will be available for the states thermal power plants After the permission was granted Kalla held discussions with senior officials of the state government including Additional Chief Secretary Energy Subodh Agarwal to complete other formalities to start coal production in the block Agarwal said the state will get about 27 rakes of coal per day when coal production starts from this block of more than 841 hectares He said that according to a rough estimate this block is likely to produce five million tonnes of coal per annum PTI SDA HRS hrs
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