State-owned Coal India Ltd., produced 781.1 million tonne of coal in 2024-25, nearly 7% less than the company's target for the financial year. CIL's coal production target for 2024-25 was 838 million tonne or MT.
However, coal production by CIL grew marginally by 1% in FY25, over the year-ago period, the public sector enterprise said in a regulatory filing.
CIL's coal production in March dropped by 3.1% to 85.8 million tonne over the year-ago period.
The output was 88.6 MT in the same month of FY24.
The subsidiaries of the coal behemoth, which registered a decline in production are Central Coalfields Ltd., or CCL, Western Coalfields Ltd. or WCL and South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. or SECL.
Coal India accounts for over 80% of domestic production.
In FY24, CIL produced 773.65 million tonne, marking an 11% growth over FY23.
Coal India Ltd., had earlier said that the realistic production target for 2024-25 fiscal will be 806-810 million tonne, down from 838 million tonne.
The company has set a production target of 868 million tonne for FY26.
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