New Delhi: Approximately 3.58 lakh tonne of coal has been imported by Coal India Limited (CIL) from Indonesia through the vendor namely M/s GHV-BDE-DIL (JV) during this year on behalf of Thermal Power Plants (TPPs) of State GENCOs and Independent Power Plant (IPPs).
Orders for the supply of imported coal were placed by CIL based on the ‘Firm Orders’ and the advance payment by various Power Generating Companies, the information provided by Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi in Rajya Sabha today, December 19, 2022.
As per data provided by the Ministry of Power, 86% of the imported coal has been utilized.
Considering the increasing electricity demand and for the building up of coal stock at power plants before the onset of monsoon, the Ministry of Power (MoP) on 28.04.2022 advised power plants to import coal for blending purposes to meet 10% of their coal requirement.
Subsequently, after reviewing the coal stock position, MoP on 01.08.2022 decided that the States/IPPs and Ministry of Coal may decide the blending percentage after assessing the availability of domestic coal supplies.
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