coal crisis

The government of India has cancelled 657 trains to fulfil the supply of coal to combat the power crisis. The cancellation of trains is expected to provide free routes for faster movement of coal carriages to avoid a situation of power…

NEW DELHI: The government has urged states to step up coal imports for the next three years to build up inventories and satisfy demand, four sources told Reuters, a move set to benefit global prices of the fuel, already running high because…

NEW DELHI: India’s power plants met maximum demand of over 201 GW (gigawatts) at 2.51 pm on Tuesday, beating the previous record of over 200 GW clocked on July 7 last year, as the economy began firing on all cylinders and a raging heatwave…

NEW DELHI: India's electricity shortage from March 1 to March 30 was its worst since October, a Reuters analysis of government data shows. A surge in power demand in March has forced India to cut coal supplies to the non-power sector and…

The aluminium industry is struggling to sustain operations with alarmingly depleted coal stocks of only 1.5 to 3 days and is on the verge of stock out, the association said The Aluminium Association of India has urged the Central…

“There are not going to be any deficiencies which may lead to any shortfall of supply. So that takes care of India’s power situation. We are now a power surplus country,” says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Amid reports of the…

Amid an acute coal shortage, India's electricity demand surged 4.9% during the first half of October as supply fell short of demand by 1.4%. With economic activity bouncing back at an unprecedented rate after the horrifying second wave of…

New Delhi: There was no power outage in Delhi on Thursday and peak energy demand further declined to 4,160 MW from 4,382 MW on Wednesday, the Union Power Ministry said on Friday. The maximum power demand in the National Capital was 89…

Image Source : PTI Coal transportation under progress at the coal mines of CIL at Bharkunda…

NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah met power minister RK Singh and coal minister Pralhad Joshi on Monday to discuss the coal situation in the country amid reports of shortage. According to news agency ANI, officials from National Thermal…