Explained: Why is there coal shortage in India? How will it impact power generation and industries? What measures is the govt taking to tackle the coal shortage?

India Coal Crisis: The coal shortage could be due to a post-pandemic surge in demand. India is grappling with an escalating crisis as stockpiles of coal, the fuel used to generate about 70% of the ...

Responding to the shortages, Coal India, a government-owned entity that supplies more than 80% of the country’s domestic coal, says its production rose to 40.7 million tonnes (MT) over September ...

India has experienced persistent electricity shortages since the start of October as power generators have proved unable to meet resurgent demand as the economy rebounds from last year’s ...

Coal is used to generate more than half of India’s electricity, and Coal India accounts for 85% of India’s coal production. One of the world’s fastest-growing economies, India could face an ...

India. Local media reported this week that India’s power generators are seeing a sudden surge in natgas buying because of an “acute” shortage in the country’s go-to energy fuel: coal.

Yet, not much is coming out of the minister's office regarding the coal shortage. In fact, in his role as coal minister, Goyal earlier declared India's "independence" from imported coal.

India is expected to face a wider coal shortage during the quarter ending September over expectations of higher power demand, an internal power ministry presentation seen by Reuters showed ...

Coal India's warned the adviser to the federal power ministry in February of an impending fuel shortage as utilities tapped inventories and curbed purchases despite rising coal-fired power output ...

As the West moves away from coal, India still relies on it for 70% of its power. Rising energy demands & global price fluctuations have led to an acute coal shortage, threatening widespread blackouts.

Coal India's warned the adviser to the federal power ministry in February of an impending fuel shortage as utilities tapped inventories and curbed purchases despite rising coal-fired power output ...

India’s massive fleet of coal plants are running dangerously low on stockpiles, which may force the nation to buy expensive shipments of the fuel or else risk blackouts.