·        On 16/09/2017, the total coal despatch of Coal India Limited was 1.49 MT

·        The total Coal despatch on 16/09/2017 to power sector was about 1.16MT.

·        A total of 213.5 railway rakes of coal were despatched to different consumers out of which 196 railway rakes were despatched to power sector alone.

·        The despatch to power sector through rail is around 20% more as compared to the same period of September 2016.

·        The pit head stock at CIL coal mines was 33.18 MT.

·        The number of power plants in critical and super critical category was 4 & 12, respectively.

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AKS