India’s coal output registered an increase of 6.13% to 79.60 million tonnes in January, the government said. India’s coal output stood at 75 million tonnes (MT) in January 2020.
“India’s coal production increased by 6.13% to 79.60 million tonnes, during Jan 2022 as compared to the same month 2020,” the coal ministry said in a statement.
Coal production of FY’22 has been compared with FY’20 as FY’21 has been considered an abnormal year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As per the provisional data of the coal ministry, out of the total production during January this year, Coal India Ltd (CIL) achieved a growth of 2.35% by producing 64.50 MT.
Singareni Collieries Ltd (SCCL) posted a growth of 5.42% by producing 6.03 MT and captive blocks achieved a jump of 44.91% by producing 9.07 MT of the dry fuel during the period.
Coal despatch increased by 10.80% to 75.55 MT during January.
CIL achieved a growth of 7.71% by despatching 60.85 MT of coal.
SCCL’s despatches climbed 6.45% to 5.99 MT and captive blocks saw a growth of 43.55% with 8.71 MT of coal despatch during the period.
Of the top 35 mines producing coal, 14 performed more than 100% and another six mines’ production stood between 80 and 100%.
Power utilities despatch has grown by 18.70% to 63.22 MT in January as compared to 53.26 MT in January 2020.
Coal-based power generation has registered a growth of 9.21% in January in comparison to the corresponding month of 2020.
The overall power generation in January has been 6.69% higher than in January 2020.
Further, coal-based power generation last month stood at 88,642 MU, as against 85,579 MU in Dec 2021, a growth of 3.58%.
Total power generation has also increased in the last month to 1,15,757 MU from 1,13,094 MU in December 2021.
