CIL’s coal supply to power plants has been decreased by nearly two percent to 64.7 million tonnes (MT) in April-May period of the ongoing fiscal.
As per the recent government data, Coal India (CIL) dispatched 65.8 MT fuel to the power sector in the same period of last fiscal.
According to the data, CIL’s supply to the power sector decreased by 3.52 percent to 32.8 MT over 34 MT in May, 2016.
However, the overall dispatch in April and May hiked to 91.7 MT over 88.2 MT in the corresponding period of 2016-17.