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Monday, November 28, 2011

Update on import of coal for thermal power stations

Monday, 28 Nov 2011

Mr KC Venugopal minister of state for power informed the Lok Sabha that in order to bridge the gap between requirement of coal and its availability from the domestic sources in respect of thermal power stations designed on indigenous coal, power utilities have been assigned an import target of 35 million tonne for the year 2011-12.


Utility wise Target for Import of Coal for the year 2011-12 in respect of Power Stations designed on Domestic Coal is given below:

Power UtilityVolume
Haryana Power Generation Corporation Ltd.1.45
Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd.1.45
Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd1.08
Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company Ltd0.80
Torrent AEC0.50
Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd1.48
Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd3.35
Reliance Energy0.60
Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation1.60
Tamil Nadu Generation & Distribution Corporation1.80
Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd0.90
Damodar Valley Corporation1.73
Calcutta Elect Supply Company0.50
West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd1.00
NTPC15.45
Aravali Power Company Private Limited0.30
Reliance Rosa0.30
NTPC SAIL Power Company0.30
TATA (Maithon RB)0.21
Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company0.20
Total35.00

In million tonne

In addition, the power stations have also been envisaged to operate on imported coal. The coal import requirement for such power stations for the year 2011-12 was assessed as 20 million tonne.

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