New Delhi, November 16, 2023: The Ministry of Coal has plans to produce 1404 million tonne (MT) of coal by year 2027 and 1577 MT by year 2030, at current level production of about one billion tonne per annum. The coal to be supplied to domestic coal-based power plant is around 821 MT for the current […]
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Overall Mineral Production Increases by 7.6% in June, 2023
New Delhi, August 30, 2023: The index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector for the month of June, 2023 (Base: 2011-12=100) at 122.3, is 7.6% higher as compared to the level in the month of June, 2022. The cumulative growth for the period April-June, 2023-24 over the corresponding period of previous year is […]
Overall Mineral Production Goes Up by 8.8% during January, 2023
New Delhi, April 21, 2023: The index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector for the month of January, 2023 (Base: 2011-12=100) at 135.9, is 8.8% higher as compared to the level in the month of January, 2022. As per the provisional figures of Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), the cumulative growth for the […]
NTPC registers highest ever power generation in FY23
New Delhi, April 10, 2023: NTPC Ltd, India’s largest integrated power generator, has registered the highest-ever power generation of 400 BU in FY23, a growth of 10.80% via-a-vis previous year. NTPC also continued an upward trend in coal production from its captive mines with a coal production of 23.2 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) with a […]
With 16% Increase Coal Dispatch Goes up to 37.18 MT
New Delhi, May 30, 2022: India’s coal production continues its record achievement during the first half of May, 2022 also, further improving on production and dispatch performance attained in April this year. During the first half of May 2022, total coal production increased to 33.94 Million Ton (MT) achieving a growth of 36.23% over the production […]
Growth of 8% in coal supply to power sector
Government of India has said that Coal India Ltd. has supplied 389.63 MT coal to power sector during the current year (up to 22nd January 2019) registering a growth of 8% over the same period of last year. Railway rake loading of CIL including loadings from washery and Good-Shed siding has increased by 8% during […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviews performance of key infrastructure sectors
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on Thursday reviewed progress of key infrastructure sectors including PMGSY, housing, coal and power. The review meeting, which lasted for about two and a half hours, was attended by top officials from PMO, NITI Aayog and infrastructure Ministries of the Government of India. In course of the presentation made by […]
Street Lighting National Programme today
Union Minister of Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal will dedicate the Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP), currently running in the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) area, to the Nation in New Delhi on 9th January, 2017. It is the World’s Largest Street Light Replacement Programme, which is being implemented by […]
Enough coal for thermal power plants: Government
New Delhi, April 29, 2016: At present, there is no shortage of coal in the thermal power plants of the country. None of the Coal based power generation plants across the country have reported any loss of generation due to shortage of coal during 2015-16. This was stated by Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) […]