State-run Coal India (CIL) has drawn up 52 coal mining projects, including 13 new coal blocks, to reach the one billion tonne coal production target by financial year 2025-26, a company official said.

To attain the one billion tonne coal production target by the fiscal year 2025–26, state-run Coal India (CIL) has developed 52 coal mining projects, including 13 new coal blocks. We are attempting to increase underground coal mining to obtain better grades of coal that will lessen India's reliance on imported coal, a company official said.

The Indian government wants to ramp up the country’s coal production and consumption. The union environment ministry has accordingly made it easier for thermal power plants to change the source of coal from imported to domestic – a procedure that so far involved seeking an amendment in the environment clearance of such plants.

Thermal power producer NTPC has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Power, setting key targets for the year 2020-21. Key targets include 340 BU of electricity generation, 15 MMT of coal production, Rs. 21,000 crore capital expenditure and Rs. 98,000 crores of revenue from operations.

Thermal power producer NTPC has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Power, setting key targets for the year 2020-21. Key targets include 340 BU of electricity generation, 15 MMT of coal production, Rs. 21,000 crore capital expenditure and Rs. 98,000 crores of revenue from operations.

Coal India’s arm Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL) has set an ambitious target of 100 million tonnes (MT) production by 2026-27 and plans to set up 20 more mines by 2024. WCL will see Rs. 5,300 crore capital investment.

Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) has got the green nod for Kistaram open cast mine recently, with a capacity of 2 million tonnes per annum (MTPA), in Sathupalli mandal of Khammam district.

Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) based in Ranchi is witnessing significant turnaround in its production which has grown from 10 per cent last year to over 55 mt. It has grown to nearly 16 per cent in the first five months of the current fiscal.

Essar Power MP Limited, a subsidiary of Essar Power, one of India’s leading private sector power producer, today said that it has signed the Coal Mine Development and Production Agreement with the Government of India for the Tokisud North coal block in Jharkhand and has also completed all other formalities.