Coal Off-take During The Last Quarter of The Financial Year Goes Up
29 JUL 2021 11:48AM by PIB Delhi
The Total coal off-take in the country in the last quarter (4th quarter of financial year 2020-21) was more than the previous three quarters. The details of total coal dispatch/ off-take during the last 4 quarters of 2020-21 are as under:
|
Quarter (Financial year 2020-2021) |
Offtake (In Million Tonnes) |
|
1st (April-June) |
144.343 |
|
2nd (July-September) |
158.466 |
|
3rd (October-December) |
186.821 |
|
4th (January-March) |
201.258 |
As per Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the quarter-wise generation from coal based power plants during the last year 2020-21 and current year 2021-22 (Apr’21-Jun’21) are as under:
|
Year |
Quarter |
Coal based generation (in BU)* |
|
2020-21 |
1st (April-June) |
198.9 |
|
2nd (July-September) |
230.3 |
|
|
3rd (October-December) |
244.4 |
|
|
4th (January-March) |
277.3 |
|
|
2021-22 |
1st (April-June) (*) |
256.7 |
(*) Provisional based on actual- cum-assessment)
The Coal based power generation has shown a steady increase during each quarter of 2020-21. Further, during 1st quarter of 2021-22, coal based generation has increased by about 29% vis-à-vis same period last year (i.e. 1st quarter of 2020-21).
This information was given by the Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi in Lok Sabha on 28 July, 2021.
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