Coal Shortage In India

Amit Shah holds meet with ministers RK Singh, Pralhad Joshi on coal, power issues

During over one-hour-long meeting, the four ministers were believed to have discussed the availability of coal to power plants and the current power demands

Coal scarcity was a man-made crisis, India needs a planned transition to renewables

If we find ourselves in this situation at a time of virtually no growth in the demand for electricity, what will happen when we start seeing a real recovery in the economy?

Opinion | Thermal power plants left with low fuel stocks, yet coal scarcity is more political than real

There may be some blackouts, and load-shedding power cuts have already begun in some states. But it is a crisis of our own making at best, and headed swiftly towards a solution

PMO reviews coal supply, power availability situation to defuse energy crisis faced by several states

The shortage of coal, which makes up around 70 percent of India's electricity mix — has forced rotational power cuts in states from Rajasthan to Kerala.

No threat of disruption in power supply, assures Pralhad Joshi as states schedule outages

The daily average coal requirement at the power plants is about 18.5 Lakh tonnes of coal per day whereas the daily coal supply has been around 17.5 lakh tonnes per day, as per a government release

Coal crisis: Tata Power warns Delhi customers that city may see intermittent rotational load shedding in coming days

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said he has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his intervention in making adequate arrangements of coal and gas to generation plants supplying electricity to the city