Coal Ministry has set a captive coal production target of 68-million tonne during 2014-15 from all blocks allocated to various companies for own fuel use. According to a Coal Ministry circular, "the production target has been set and all allocated coal blocks for captive consumption were expected to achieve the target to keep in check imports of the dry fuel".
The circular followed a review meeting between the Ministry and various companies that had been allocated coal blocks to review the progress made in getting the blocks into production. The Ministry at the review meeting expressed concern over several blocks which had already gone into production but were yet to achieve peak rated capacity. The Ministry expected that the coal blocks scheduled to go into production in the current fiscal would achieve peak capacity, (52-million tonne of incremental coal production).
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