India imports increase 11.3% to 265 million tonnes of coal in FY24

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This includes 59 mt of coking coal and 205 mt of non-coking coal worth Rs 1.33 trillion, union coal minister G Kishan Reddy said on Wednesday.

NLCIL imported 826,440 tonnes worth Rs 7.88 crore in 2024-25, compared to 365,896 tonnes of coal worth Rs 2.9 billion a year ago.

To increase production and reduce import dependency, the coal ministry in 2020 introduced commercial coal mine auctions.

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