In the ongoing fiscal, Coal India is going to continue to offer domestic coal to the non-power sectors in lieu of 50 percent of the import component.
An official has said that the company “offer of domestic coal’ as is where is basis’ to non-power FSA (fuel supply agreement) consumers in lieu of 50 percent of the import component will be continued in 2017-18.”
The fuel, however, will be provided to the non-power consumers such as cement firms, fertiliser and steel producers without affecting the supply to the power sector.
According to the official, the coal would be provided from sources like Magadh Amarpali mines of CIL arm Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) and Eastern Coalfields Ltd and South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL).