Import of Coal
Coal can be imported by the purchaser as it is under Open General License. The total import of coal by India during 2013-14 was 168.4 MTe. of which 34.8 MTe. of coal was imported from Australia and the balance from other countries which include Indonesia (103.1 MTe.), South Africa (20.6MTe) and others ( 44.7 MTe.). The data on import is at the level of country of origin.The Ministry of Coal has no specific information on Indian companies that have taken mines on lease in other countries and coal imported from them. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, (Minister of state (I/C) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
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