India's coal prodn jumps 13 pc to 89.96 MT in Jan 2023
New Delhi/IBNS: India’s overall coal production increased by 12.94% to 89.96 Million Ton (MT) from 79.65 MT during Jan 2023 as compared to Jan 2022, according to the Ministry of Coal.
As per the provisional data of the Ministry of Coal, during the month Coal India Ltd (CIL) registered a growth of 11.44%, whereas SCCL and captive mines/others registered a growth of 13.93% and 22.89% respectively.
Of the top 37 coal producing mines, 28 mines produced more than 100% and the output of three mines stood between 80 and 100 per cent during Jan 2023.
At the same time, coal despatch increased by 8.54% to 81.91 MT from 75.47 MT during Jan 2023 as compared to Jan 2022.
During Jan 2023, CIL, SCCL and captives/others registered a growth of 6.07%, 14% and 21.9% by despatching 64.45 MT, 6.84 MT and 10.61 MT respectively.
The Power utilities despatch has increased by 8.01% to 67.72 MT during Jan 2023 as compared to 62.70 MT in Jan 2022
Coal based power generation has achieved a growth of 17.79% in Jan 2023 and overall power generation in Jan 2023 has been 18.33% higher than the power generated in Jan 2022.
Similarly, total power generation has advanced in Jan 2023 to 136973 MU from 128536 MU in Dec'22 and registered a growth of 6.56%.
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