A total revenue of ₹4,109.3 crore has accrued to States, including Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, from auctioned and allotted coal blocks till November. Of this, ₹2,543 crore were generated from the auctioned coal blocks, Coal Minister Piyush Goyal said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
According to the Minister, 31 coal mines have been allocated by way of auction to private and public companies for specified end users. Goyal further said that against the target of 433.4 million tonnes (mt), the overall coal output in April-November of this fiscal was 396.5 mt.
“A positive growth of 2 per cent has been achieved during this period compared to the corresponding period of the previous year when the overall production was 388.68 mt,” the Minister stressed.
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