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India's coal output reaches 881 MT in April-February

In 2022-23, India's total coal output was 893 million tonnes (MT). For the ongoing 2023-24 fiscal, the government has a target to produce 1 billion tonne (BT) of coal.

March 05, 2024 / 14:57 IST
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India's coal output reaches 881 MT in April-February

India produced 880.72 million tonne (MT) of coal in April-February this fiscal and is now just 119.28 MT away from its 1 billion tonne coal production target for FY24.

In 2022-23, India's total coal output was 893 million tonnes (MT). For the ongoing 2023-24 fiscal, the government has a target to produce 1 billion tonne (BT) of coal.

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The cumulative coal production in April-February 2024 grew over 12 percent to 880.72 MT (provisional) compared to 785.39 MT during the same period of FY23, the Ministry of Coal said in a statement on Tuesday.

The country's coal produced rose 12 per cent to 96.60 million tonne (MT) in February against 86.38 MT a year ago.