New Delhi: The target of all India coal production has been fixed at 1,017 million tonnes for the current financial year, stated Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister of Coal in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on Monday. The statement also added that for achieving the target, government is taking steps to increase domestic coal production by engaging Mining Developers cum Operators (MDOs).
"Coal India Limited (CIL) has identified 15 projects with total project rated capacity of 168.58 MTY for implementation through MDO mode. Out of these 15 projects, Letter of Award (LoA) has already been issued to nine projects having total capacity of 126.74 MTY. NLC India Limited (NLCIL) is implementing two MDO projects with 29MTY,' he added.
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