Coal India has offered 14 million tonnes of fossil fuel under special e-auction to both power and non-power sectors for facilitating liquidation of pit-head stock.

Piyush Goyal, the Coal and Power Minister has said in a written reply to Lok Sabha that “To facilitate liquidation of pit head coal stock, CIL has offered 10 MT (million tonnes) and 4 MT of coal under special e-auction to power sector and non-power sector consumers respectively, in line with directions of government.”

He added that during last fiscal, Coal India’s (CIL) supply of thermal coal to power sector was 385.61 MT against a target of 405 MT.

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