New Delhi, March 24, 2023: The all India coal production in the current financial year 2022-23 (up to February 2023) is 785.24 Million Tonnes as compared to about 681.98 MT during the same period of last year with a growth of about 15.14%. In the year 2021-2022, coal production was 778.19 Million tonnes (MT) as compared to 716.08 MT during same period of last year with a growth of about 8.67%. The Country would be able to fulfill the Domestic Coal requirement of 821 MT of Domestic Coal Based (DCB) plants projected by Ministry of Power during 2023-2024.
The details of coal import in last five years are given below: –
(Figure in Million Tonnes)
| Year | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 |
| Import of Coal | 208.25 | 235.35 | 248.54 | 215.25 | 208.93 |
The details and names of top five coal import country, quantity-wise are given below: –
(Figure in Million Tonnes)
| Country | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 |
| Indonesia | 95.81 | 112.88 | 116.66 | 92.53 | 72.50 |
| Australia | 46.12 | 48.17 | 46.72 | 54.95 | 66.76 |
| South Africa | 38.49 | 31.15 | 42.48 | 31.09 | 26.11 |
| USA | 12.03 | 14.98 | 12.16 | 12.20 | 14.37 |
| Russia | 4.30 | 4.92 | 8.23 | 6.75 | 8.27 |
This information was given by Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi in a written reply in Lok Sabha on March 15, 2023.
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