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Aim is to produce two-thirds of 1 bt coal from 3 states by FY29: P M Prasad

To improve the coal supply chain, the remaining 55 of 92 FMC projects will be operationalised by FY29

P M Prasad, chairman and managing director, Coal India Ltd (CIL)
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P M Prasad, chairman and managing director, Coal India Ltd (CIL)

Puja Das New Delhi
This interview has been updated to correct an error in the previous version 
Increasing coal production has led to focusing on improving evacuation infrastructure to match the higher supply, and the coal ministry is prioritising projects to transporting the commodity efficiently and in a cost-effective manner. P M Prasad, chairman and managing director, Coal India Ltd (CIL), in an email interview with Puja Das, said as the state-owned company expected to produce two-thirds of its 1 billion tonne goal by FY29, from the three states of Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. At a time when India needs to have a