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Import of Coal to bridge the gap between demand and supply

Due to constraints in availability of indigenous coal, the gap between demand of coal in the country and indigenous availability is met through coal imports.  Details of the value / quantity of coal imported from various countries during last three years and the current year, is given below:- Sl.No. Country Quantity (Mte) Value (Rs.Million) 2010-11 2011-12 …

Import of Coal

As per the XII Five Year Plan, the gap between the projected demand and the domestic production of coal the terminal year 2016-17 is estimated to be 185.50 million tones. The projected domestic production is 795 million tonnes as per the optimistic scenario  assessed by the Working Group for formulation of the XII Five Year Plan. It is proposed to …