Goverment talks of contingency plan to tackle power woes
"Today, we have stocks which can run these power plants for almost 20-22 days continously...," the minister said, adding that the buffer stock has been built up.
"Power plants are ready to produce more. They have sufficient capacity in the system. Sufficient contingency plans have been drawn up," the minister said.
Infra sector output shrinks 0.4% in April
The growth rate of core sector industries has been declining since November last year. It was 6.7 percent in November 2014, which fell to 2.4 percent in December 2014 and then to 1.8 percent in January and 1.4 percent in February.
Jun 01, 2015, 17:54 PM ISTCoal India's pithead stock rises to 49 MT
The PSU's pithead stock at the end of FY 2014 fiscal was 46 MT, an official had earlier said.
May 31, 2015, 12:29 PM ISTAdani signs deals to sell 2/3rd of production from Oz mine
Adani Mining has signed contracts with buyers for selling nearly two-thirds of the coal it plans to produce from Carmichael mine in Australia.
May 21, 2015, 19:30 PM ISTCoal India to invest $20 billion in 5 years: Goyal
State-owned miner Coal India Limited (CIL) will invest USD 20 billion (over Rs 1.27 lakh crore) to increase production to one billion tonne over the next five years, Coal Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday.
May 15, 2015, 15:24 PM IST'Set up evacuation mechanism, rail infra for 1 bn tonne coal'
"The Committee notes that CIL has set for itself an ambitious plan of one billion tonne coal production by the year 2020," the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel said.
Apr 26, 2015, 11:53 AM ISTGovt approves transfer of coal linkage of TPS to new plant
Government has approved the transfer of existing coal linkage of Panipat Thermal Power Station (TPS) to a new super critical plant at the same location in Haryana.
Apr 17, 2015, 16:18 PM ISTCoal India misses production target for FY'15 by 3%
The company's output target was 507 million tonnes for the fiscal, Coal India said in a filing to the BSE. In the financial year 2013-2014, the company had clocked production of 462.53 million tonnes of coal.
Apr 03, 2015, 15:56 PM ISTCIL may surpass 1 bn tonne production target by 2020: Goyal
With the production of thermal coal on the rise, the government is hopeful that state-owned Coal India will surpass its one billion tonne excavation target by 2020.
Mar 26, 2015, 13:51 PM ISTGovt likely to set 550 MT production target for Coal India
The government is likely to set production target of 550 million tonnes (MT) for Coal India for next financial year even as it is likely to miss the goal for the current fiscal.
Mar 24, 2015, 14:21 PM ISTCoal e-auctions fetch Rs 55,000 crore thus far in second round
The prime minister Narendra Modi was also elated with the bidding.
Mar 09, 2015, 15:14 PM ISTOutput to decline from existing mines: Coal India
State-owned CIL has projected a drop in output from the existing mines over the next five years even as it prepares to meet the government target of about 1 billion tonne coal production by March 2020.
Feb 06, 2015, 15:24 PM ISTCoal strike may not have much impact on production: SCCL
State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited Tuesday said coal production may not have much impact due to the strike by some trade unions.
Jan 06, 2015, 17:23 PM ISTCoal India April-December output at 342.39 MT; misses target by 3%
Coal India, the world's largest miner of dry fuel, recorded an output of 342.39 million tonnes (MT) in April-December 2014, missing its production target by 3 percent for the period.
Jan 02, 2015, 14:10 PM ISTCoal Ministry says taking steps to boost coal supplies
The Coal Ministry on Wednesday said it is working in tandem with the Railway Ministry for expeditious laying of three critical rail lines in three states to transport the dry fuel.
Dec 31, 2014, 15:32 PM ISTOpen up coal sector to enhance production: Advisory Group
Opening up of the coal sector and upgradation of state-run Coal India and its subsidiaries are vital for scaling up domestic production of the dry fuel, says a report submitted to the government on Monday.
Dec 22, 2014, 13:18 PM ISTPrivate sector needs to contribute 600 MT coal by 2020: Govt
The demand by 2020 would be around 1.6 billion tonnes
Dec 20, 2014, 20:19 PM ISTCountry's coal output at 315.6 MT up to October in FY'15
Coal production during the first seven months of current fiscal touched 315.69 million tonnes (MT), according to official figures.
Dec 14, 2014, 11:18 AM ISTCoal swapping to save Rs 6,000 crore: Govt
To improve fuel supplies to power plants, government is working on swapping arrangement of coal which will help save Rs 6,000 crore, government informed Lok Sabha on Thursday.
Dec 11, 2014, 15:54 PM ISTCoal India's 27 mines yet to begin production
As many as 27 mines of Coal India having geological reserves of 1200 million tonnes are yet to begin production, Parliament was informed today.
Dec 04, 2014, 15:25 PM IST