·        On 13/09/2017, the total coal despatch of Coal India Limited was 1.505 MT

·        The total coal despatch on 13/09/2017 to power sector was about 1.2MT.

·        A total of 225.9 railway rakes of coal were despatched to different consumers out of which 212.9 railway rakes were despatched to power sector alone.

·        The despatch to power sector was around19% more as compared to the same period of September 2016.

·        The pit head stock at CIL coal mines was 33.62 MT.

·        The number of power plants in critical and super critical category was 4 & 10 respectively.

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AKS