NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday introduced coal manufacturing goal of greater than 1 billion tonne throughout 2023-24. “To realize this aim, in-depth overview was performed by the union coal secretary with all coal firms. It’s determined to repair 780-million-tonne goal to Coal India Ltd. (CIL), 75 million tonne for Singareni Collieries Firm Ltd. and 162 million tonne for captive and business mines,” the coal ministry stated in a press launch. A complete of 290 mines are operational for CIL, out of which 97 mines produce greater than 1 million tonne per yr. “For all 97 such coal mines, problems with land acquisition, forest clearance, setting clearance, rail connectivity and street connectivity have been mentioned and time-lines have been mounted,” the ministry stated. With continued effort of coal firms, out of 97 coal mines, there are not any pending points in 56 mines. “Solely 41 mines have 61 points, for which continued co-ordination and monitoring is being carried out by prime administration of coal firms with State Govt. authorities involved and the Central Ministries,” it stated.CIL produced 622 million tonne throughout 2021-22 and for 2022-23, registering a development of over 16%, 513 million tonne has been produced thus far. “It’s anticipated that CIL will surpass the goal of 700 million tonne mounted for present fiscal and accordingly will obtain 780 million ton for the yr 2023-24,” the ministry added.
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