India’s coal production from captive and commercial coal blocks rises 32% in H1FY25
The coal dispatch rose by 34 per cent year-over-year, from 65.37 MT in H1FY24 to 87.86 MT in H1FY25
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India’s coal production from both captive and commercial coal blocks rose by 32 per cent to 79.72 Million Tonne (MT) in the April-September period of the ongoing fiscal (H1FY25) as compared to 60.52 MT in the first half of the previous fiscal. The coal dispatch rose by 34 per cent year-over-year, from 65.37 MT in H1FY24 to 87.86 MT in H1FY25.
The coal production from both captive and commercial coal blocks in September rose by 32 per cent to 13.74 MT from 10.40 MT. Likewise, dispatch in the month of September has grown by 47 per cent year-over-year, from 9.68 MT in FY24 to 14.27 MT in FY25.
The Ministry of Coal is continuing to enhance coal production and optimizing dispatch to meet the country’s increasing energy demands. The upward trajectory in both production and dispatch bolsters energy security and to achieve self-sufficiency in coal supply.