Sarita C Singh, ET Bureau | 22 Aug, 2013
The government has advised power utilities to import 50 million tonnes of coal in the current fiscal while the companies have sourced 30.2 million tonnes coal till July this year, power minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia said on Thursday. Against a total requirement of 516 million tonnes for 2013-14, domestic coal assured from coal companies and captive mines is 441 million tonnes, leaving a shortfall of 75 million tonnes. "Power companies have been advised to import 50 million tonnes of imported coal as per the equivalent gross calorific value of the imported coal," Scindia said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. Price of the imported coal depends on various factors such as heat value, moisture and ash content, source of origin and varies from week to week, he said.
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