Team News Riveting
New Delhi, December 4
Coal production from captive mines have recorded an impressive growth and is likely to touch 85 million tonne (MT) during the current financial year (2021-22).
Till November in the current fiscal, key fuel production from captive mines has already reached around 50 MT and it is very likely to touch 85 MT during the current financial year (2021-22) which is significantly higher than last year achievement of 62 MT, coal ministry said in a statement.
In order to further enhance coal production, Coal Secretary Dr Anil Kumar Jain reviewed the issues related to Environment and Forest Clearances impacting development of new coal blocks, with senior officers of the Ministry in view of high demand for domestic coal. Coal production from captive mines is expected to reach 120 MT during the next financial year (2022-23).
In the first half of the current financial year, captive coal output registered a growth of 34.8 per cent year-on-year with these blocks producing 33.2 MT of the dry fuel. Though captive coal still constitutes only 10.5 per cent of the total domestic coal production, recent steps by the government such as allowing sale of 50 per cent captive coal in the open market has encouraged miners to ramp up production.
This achievement will further fulfil the vision of Aatmanirbhar bharat in domestic coal production.
The production targets for captive mines were revised after senior officials in the power and coal ministries held meetings with representatives of captive mining firms on October 4. The ministry is expecting production from NTPC’s Chatti Bariatu and Kerandhari mines among others this year.
Rajasthan’s Parsa East, Kanta Besan (15 MT), NTPC Dulanga (5 MT), Telangana’s Tadicherla-I (2.25 MT), West Bengal’s Pachwara North (8 MT) and NLC India’s Talabira mines (6 MT) are some of the large captive operational mines.
