Coal Crisis
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Rajasthan likely to plunge into severe power crisis if coal not provided from Chhattisgarh
India | May 25, 2022, 07:56 AM ISTThe Central government had allocated three Chhattisgarh-based coal mines to Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited.
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'Operate at full capacity': Centre tells imported coal power plants
India | May 06, 2022, 02:52 PM ISTStrap: The demand for power has gone up by almost 20 percent in energy terms. The supply of domestic coal has increased but the increase in the supply is not sufficient to meet the increased demand for power, said the Central government in official order.
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Coal crisis: Finally, some good news! Amid power crisis, Coal India production increases by over 27%
India | Dec 27, 2022, 03:25 AM ISTJharkhand, Haryana, Bihar, Punjab, and Maharashtra are among the states seeing power outages. Delhi has also written to the Centre over the possibility of power cuts to important establishments.
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Coal shortage: 59 thermal power plants have less than four days of fuel stocks
India | Oct 21, 2021, 08:54 PM ISTThe latest figures indicate that the coal shortage situation is improving slowly.
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Coal ministry to augment fuel supply to power sector from captive mines
Business | Oct 15, 2021, 04:25 PM ISTThe coal ministry on Friday said it has taken various measures, including diverting the output from captive coal mines, to augment fuel supply to the power sector.
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Coal crisis: There will be no power cuts in Maharashtra, says Deputy CM Ajit Pawar
India | Oct 15, 2021, 10:02 AM ISTEarlier, Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut said that four out of 27 power generation units are currently shut in the state.
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Uttarakhand Power Corporation buys expensive 2.3 million units of electricity to normalize supply
India | Oct 13, 2021, 10:42 AM ISTMeanwhile, central government sources said that the situation will be normal within a month. There is no shortage in daily power and coal supply.
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States' ignorance of Centre's letters on coal stocks led to current situation: Govt sources
India | Oct 13, 2021, 07:08 AM ISTThere is a 12 per cent fall in imports of foreign coal which power companies blend to cut losses. Due to high prices, they also shifted to domestic coal.
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Ministry of Coal launches auction process of 40 new coal mines
India | Oct 13, 2021, 06:26 AM ISTThe step has been taken following the successful auction of 28 coal mines in the first two tranches and there shall be a total of 88 coal mines on offer at present.
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Govt to ramp up per day coal production to 2 million tonnes in next 5 days: Sources
India | Oct 12, 2021, 11:29 PM IST"The Centre is fulfilling all the demands required by the states. Coal stocks have started increasing in the last four days," sources said.
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Govt asks CIL to raise coal supply to power plants during Puja, augment it further after October 20
Business | Oct 12, 2021, 03:55 PM ISTThe development assumes significance in the wake of the country's power plants grappling with coal shortages in the country at a time when the festival season has already begun.
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Don't sell power in exchange and starve public: Govt asks states to use unallocated electricity
India | Oct 12, 2021, 01:07 PM ISTAs per the guidelines for allocation of power, 15 per cent power from CGS is kept as “unallocated power” which is allocated by the central government to needy states.
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No outage on account of power shortage in Delhi: Power Ministry shares detailed report
India | Oct 12, 2021, 11:21 AM ISTSharing a detailed account mentioning specifics regarding the requirement of power in Delhi, the Central government said "as per the information received from Delhi DISCOMs, there was no outage on account of power shortage."
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Breaking News October 12 | Highlights
India | Oct 13, 2021, 06:16 AM ISTHere is the LIVE coverage of all the news updates as they happen.
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Grim power situation in Punjab; PSPCL chief says 'less than two days of coal stock left'
India | Oct 12, 2021, 07:25 AM ISTThe power availability is likely to improve within the next one or two days as the additional quantum of about 400 MW is expected to be received from the state sector and other outside long-term sources.
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India already ahead; set to achieve 450 GW renewable energy installed capacity by 2030: Centre
India | Oct 12, 2021, 06:40 AM ISTAddressing the event on Monday, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy RK Singh said, "India is already ahead of what we pledged in our Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)."
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In hour-long meeting, Amit Shah discusses coal shortage, power outage concerns with ministers
India | Oct 11, 2021, 06:12 PM ISTA high-level meeting over coal crisis is underway in Delhi. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Power minister, other officials from coal ministry are present in the meeting.
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Coal shortage in most of power plants in Delhi, stock left for only 2-3 days: Satyendar Jain
India | Oct 11, 2021, 11:48 AM ISTDelhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain said that the NTPC has capped production capacity of its plants to 55 per cent.
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Coal shortage: Govt scrambles all resources to meet demand; 4 reasons behind pan-India power crisis
Business | Oct 11, 2021, 11:17 AM ISTCoal shortage: The daily average coal requirement at the power plants is about 18.5 lakh tonnes per day whereas the daily coal supply has been around 17.5 lakh tonnes.
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Maharashtra stares at power cuts as 13 plants shut down amid coal shortage
India | Oct 11, 2021, 11:10 AM ISTAs many as 13 thermal power generation plants supplying power to the state power distribution company MahaVitaran have been shut down, due to shortage of coal.