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India’s coal production exclusively from captive and commercial mines has crossed 100 million tonne for the first time, as per the Coal Ministry's latest figures till 2 March.
Coal production from captive and commercial coal blocks was around 5.09 lakh tonne on 2 March 2023, which was the highest ever single day production, according to the ministry.
"Production from captive/commercial coal mines during current FY till February has increased by 29.8 per cent over FY 2021-22," the ministry said.
According to the ministry, four new coal mines have started production in FY 2022-23 and two other coal mines will start production this month.
Earlier on Wednesday (1 March), the Coal Ministry announced that India's coal production touched 784.41 million tonne during April 2022-February 2023, surpassing last year's production.