Coal availability for power sector to ease from Nov: CIL's Anil Kumar Jha

During the recent past, power generation has increased by leaps and bounds and to keep pace with, Coal India also increased production

Avishek Rakshit 

Coal India, world’s largest coal producer, has been facing criticism for not being able to cater to domestic demand and its one-billion tonne target seems a distant future. Anil Kumar Jha, who took over as company’s chairman and managing director four months ago, in a conversation with Avishek Rakshit, expressed confidence in increasing coal availability from as soon as November.

Edited excerpts: Coal India’s production hasn’t been enough to meet the power sector demand. What are doing about this situation? We have kept an aspiration target of 652 million ...

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First Published: Tue, September 25 2018. 05:30 IST