State-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) produced 37.5 million tonne of the dry fuel in April, as against the target of 37.6 MT.
The company's offtake was 40.54 MT during the month. Its target for that was 45.17 MT, CIL said in a filing to the BSE.
Giving the break-up for its subsidiaries, CIL said: Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL) produced 3.21 MT coal as against the target of 3.34 MT; Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) produced 2.94 MT (3.06 MT target); Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) produced 4.55 MT (4.45 MT target) and Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL) produced 6.86 MT (5.78 MT target).
Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL) produced 4.13 MT against the target of 3.67 MT, South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL) produced 11.70 MT (10.19 MT target); Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) produced 11.69 MT (10.02 MT target) and North Eastern Coalfields (NEC) produced 0.09 MT (0.04 MT target).
Coal India produced 462 MT of coal in the last financial year, 2013-14, missing the target of 482 MT by 20 MT.
