Several states like Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab, Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have recently flagged off the issue of shortage of coal.

The Ministry of coal said on Wednesday, that cumulative coal supplies to thermal power plants crossed two million tonnes on Tuesday

Until Sunday, the total offtake has increased to 1.73 million tonnes per day in October, and posted a 10% increase over the same period last year

The Coal Ministry stated that the supplies reported by power plants are rolling stock, meaning that they are refilled on a daily basis.

TPDDL has started sending SMS to customers and urged them to use electricity in a judicious manner

The company is known for being the world's largest in coal production and accounts for over 80% of the country's output for fuel

CIL accounts for over 80 per cent of the domestic coal output. The company is eyeing one billion tonnes of production by 2023-24.

Coal India fell 0.72% to Rs 137.30 after the PSU miner posted a 21.4% decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 3084.1 crore on 2.1% rise in revenue fr