Coal Production: growth rate at 8.0% during April 2018-Feb 2019

Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) coal production target was fixed at 65.00 MT for 2018-19.

The coal production during April-February 2018-19 was 638.46 MT as compared to 591.42 MT during the corresponding period of the previous year with a growth rate of 8.0% on a y-o-y basis.

Coal India Limited (CIL) coal production target was fixed 610.00 MT for 2018-19. The coal production during April-February 2018-19 was 527.70 MT as compared to 495.08 MT during the corresponding period of the previous year with a growth rate of 6.6% on a y-o-y basis.

Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) coal production target was fixed at 65.00 MT for 2018-19. The coal production during April-February 2018-19 was 57.94 MT as compared to 54.64 MT during the corresponding period of the previous year with a growth rate of 6.0% on a y-o-y basis.

Coal production target of Captive Mines was fixed at 40.00 MT for 2018-19. The coal production during April-February 2018-19 was 44.41 MT as compared to 33.76 MT during the corresponding period of the previous year with a growth rate of 31.6% on y-o-y basis. Thus, the coal production target (40.00 MT) by captive mines has already been achieved by Feb-2019.

Coal production target of other mines was fixed at 15.00 MT for 2018-19. The coal production by these mines during April-February 2018-19 was 8.40 MT as compared to 7.94 MT during the corresponding period of the previous year with a growth rate of 5.8% on a y-o-y basis.

(With Inputs from PIB)