According to recent government data, Coal India(CIL) dispatched 65.8 MT fuel to the power sector in the same period of last fiscal.
CIL's supply to the power sector last month declined by 3.52 per cent to 32.8 MT over 34 MT in May, 2016, the data said. The company is a major supplier of coal to the power sector.
In contrast, the overall dispatch in April and May increased to 91.7 MT over 88.2 MT in the corresponding period of 2016-17.
Government had earlier said demand of coal by the power sector has picked up since December, 2016 as the economy was doing well.
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A series of measures have been taken by CIL to make more coal available to power sector such as offering coal under special forward e-auction scheme exclusively for the sector.
Besides, measures like reducing reserve price and earnest money deposit to make e-auctions attractive, no performance incentives on higher grades of coal, have also been taken up.
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