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Despite shortage, India exports coal
Jul 6, 2012


Power companies in India have been unable to meet the domestic electricity demand on account of inadequate coal supplies from Coal India Ltd (CIL). The state-run mining giant has been unable to meet its production targets and the demand-supply gap has been widening. So much so that India's total import of coal jumped from 20 million tonnes (mt) in FY03 to 90 mt in FY12. What comes as an unpleasant surprise is that despite the shortage for domestic consumption, India has been exporting coal to several neighbouring countries. As per an article in Business Standard, in FY10 and FY11, coal exports shot up by 50% and 83% respectively. Today's chart of the day shows the value of coal exported to China, Bangalesh, Japan, Nepal and Bhutan. A certain government official has reportedly said that central government has no control over the usage of mineral reserves in Meghalaya and Nagaland, where the coal is rich in quality. Most of the coal exports are said to be occurring through Meghalaya.

Data source: Business Standard

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