Power crisis is not over yet, India is going to import coal for the first time after 2015
Coal India Limited (Coal India Limited), the world’s largest coal mining company and owned by the central government, is importing coal for the first time after the year 2015 (after the coming of the Narendra Modi government) to deal with the coal crisis. Coal Import) will do. The imported fuel will be supplied to power generation plants across the country. According to Reuters, a letter to this effect was seen in the Ministry of Power on Saturday.
The coal crisis has deepened the fears of a fresh power cut. To deal with these concerns, the Ministry of Power has taken several steps. If this happens, it will be the first time since 2015 that Coal India will have imported the fuel. State and Central officials have asked to ensure coal stock to avoid recurrence of April incident. In April, thermal power plants across the country faced their worst coal crisis for the first time in six years, leaving people with power cuts.
The Ministry of Power, in a letter dated May 28, said, “Coal India will import coal on a Government-to-Government (G2G) basis for its supply to Government Thermal Power Plants and Independent Power Producers (IPPs).” This letter has been sent to all the stakeholders, including the coal secretary and the chairman of Coal India, the top power officials of the Center and the state.
The Ministry of Power has said in the letter that almost all the states had suggested that separate tenders involving import of coal by the states would lead to confusion, so centralized procurement should be done through Coal India itself. After this demand, this decision has been taken.
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Significantly, there have been fears that India may face a massive coal shortage during the second quarter of the current financial year (2022-23), ie the quarter ending in September, as the demand for electricity is high. are supposed to. According to Reuters, an internal committee of the Ministry of Power has said these things in its report, which has been seen by Reuters. This has increased the risk of widespread power cuts in the country.
It is feared that there may be a shortfall of 42.5 million tonnes in the supply of coal according to the demand in the September quarter. This shortfall could be 15 per cent more than the previous crisis, when the shortage was caused by high demand for electricity.
