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No matter what the demand is this year, the government is prepared to meet the same, said Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi. File | Photo Credit: PTI India will not face any shortage of coal this year even during the monsoon, Coal and Mines…

State-run Coal India, the world's largest coal miner, will issue a short-term and a medium-term tender next week to import coal, reported news agency Reuters, quoting senior officials of the company.…

NEW DELHI: The power ministry has directed all imported coal-based plants to run on full capacity amid the ongoing dry fuel shortage at thermal plants crippling electricity generation. In an office order issued in this regard on Thursday by…

India is on the brink to face more power cuts as the year progresses with utilities’ coal inventories remaining at a nine-year low pre-summer levels while the electricity demand is likely to rise “in its fastest pace in at least 38 years",…

BENGALURU: Coal India, the world's largest coal miner, plans to directly export output to neighbouring countries, according to sources and documents seen by Reuters, after decades of exclusively supplying domestic consumers. The state-run…

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: 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…

There is only one-day stock of coal left in the thermal power station from where the national capital gets electricity, Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain said on Saturday after a meeting with the representatives of power…

NEW DELHI: Coal supplies in major plants across the country are at critically low levels. This means that the country may face power shortages in the coming months. On an average, most power stations had only 3-4 day's of coal. This is way…