India's coal requirement in 2017-18

India's coal requirement in 2017-18 Last Modified: 14-Apr-2017 3:13 PM
  • 584 million tonnes
    Requirement for coal fired power plants as communicated by Ministry of Power.
  • 780 million tonnes
    Minimum domestic requirement, arrived at considering power sector consumes about 75% of overall coal production.
  • 10 million tonnes
    import substitution.
  • 790 million tonnes
    Requirement for the entire country.
Posted by Coal Numerical in Economy
Tags Mining Coal Production Coal India 2017-18
Source The Economic Times