Electricity may get costlier as states demand higher royalty on coal India Ratings

New Delhi: Chhattisgarh’s request for a revision in royalty rates on coal to 30 per cent from the existing 14 per cent ad-valorem, will push up the cost of electricity by 7 per cent or 10-12paisa/kWh, India Ratings today said in a report. 

The state government has constituted a study group to consider the revision in the royalty rates based on the request. Energy.Economictimes