Implementation of the PMO's
directive to Coal India Ltd for ramping up supplies to the power sector, CIL
has largely come up with a three-pronged
strategy to immediately boost output.
* Forward e-auctions being carried
out by CIL are to be discontinued for now
* Allocation to the power sector is
to be ramped up at the expense of supplies to non-priority sectors such as
steel and cement.
* Loosening up of the environmental
norm restrictions to enable an output boost at existing mines has been proposed
To increase production in mines,
which are reaching peak capacity, environmental clearance for additional 25 per
cent capacity has been actively taken up for consideration of Ministry of
Environment and Forests (MoEF).
However, according to officials,
despite the assurance of incremental domestic coal supplies, upcoming projects
will still have to resort to some amount of blending with imported coal to
achieve a plant load factor of 80-85 per cent.
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