All India Coal Demand of various consuming sectors including power utility and steel plants has been assessed to be 787.03 MT

In the Annual Plan document of Ministry of Coal for 2014-15, All India Coal Demand of various consuming sectors including power utility and steel plants has been assessed to be 787.03 MT against which supplies from indigenous sources has been planned at 643.75 MT [Coal India (CIL): 520 MT; Singareni Collieries Company (SCCL): 55.50 MT & Others including captive blocks: 68.25 MT] with a gap of 143.28 MT to be met through imports by consuming sectors.

For Power Utility sector which includes thermal power plants of State/Central Government as well as Independent Power Producers, the All India coal demand has been assessed to be 551.60 MT against which supply from indigenous sources has been planned to be 466.89 MT (CIL : 405 MT; SCCL : 35 MT & Others : 26.89 MT).

For Steel sector comprising of integrated steel plants of the country, All India coking coal demand has been assessed to be 55.46 MT against which supply from indigenous sources has been planned to be 10.28 MT (CIL : 7.12 MT; SCCL : 0.00 MT & Others : 3.16 MT). Domestic Coal Production during 2012-13 and 2013-14 was as given below:-

Year Production (MT)2012-13 556.402013-14 565.64

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