In the second half of August, electricity generation declined 4.5%, compared with a 2.6% increase during the first fifteen days of the month.
Power generation from coal - India's primary source of electricity - rose 4.2% in the first fifteen days of August, the data showed
June power generation fell 9.9%, a Reuters analysis of daily load despatch data from federal grid operator POSOCO showed, compared with a 14.3% decline in May.
All coal producing arms of CIL advised to immediately implement the increase; move is designed to encourage power plants to fo domestic supply instead of relying on imports
Goyal also said there was 87% reduction in energy shortage in just two years