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P M Prasad, chairman and managing director, Coal India Ltd (CIL)
7 min read Last Updated : Jun 17 2025 | 1:11 PM IST
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