(PTI)
The supply of fuel by state-owned CIL to the power sector registered an increase of 6.2 per cent to 42.58 million tonnes in February. The development assumes significance as Coal India Ltd (CIL), which accounts for over 80 per cent of domestic coal output, has ample availability of dry stock.
In February 2019, CIL supplied 40.10 million tonnes (MT) to the power sector, according to the recent government data. However, the dispatch of coal by CIL to the power sector in the April-February period of 2019-20 registered a decline of 5.8 per cent to 419.70 MT, against 445.71 MT in the year-ago period, the data said. On account of subdued demand of coal by the power sector in the wake of the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus, Coal India Ltd is also mulling to divert the fuel supply to the other sectors like cement and sponge iron.
