Coal India to strengthen measures to meet spurt power demand for upcoming summer season

New Delhi: India’s largest coal producer PSU, Coal India Ltd has informed about the reduction of the domestic coal deficiency as the power demand has been spurred in the month of January while signalling the upliftment of coal demand in the upcoming months. As the summer is about to come, the buffering across the supply chain, coal inventory at PSU’s pitheads, coal stocks at thermal power plants, and ready to extract in-situ coal exposure in CIL’s mines- assures comfortable coal availability with the onset of season.

As per the recent data collection, the Coal India and its productive subsidiaries are having sizeable pithead coal stock to the collection of total 115 million tonnes which is expected to go beyond the recent fiscal’s closure. The Coal stocks at domestic coal-based power plants stand at nearly 55 MTs (as of 25 February), the highest ever for the period under review.

According to the press release, there is a transit stock of 5.5 MTs of coal at goods sheds, washeries and ports put together. The on-tap coal accessibility of coal is approximately 175.5 MTs through these sources. Therefore, this level of domestic coal sufficiency in the system can meet any spurt in power demand and from other sectors as well and dispels coal scarcity concerns.

The in-situ coal exposure, at mines, contributing almost to 90% of CIL’s, the total annual output was 60.2 MTs at the end of the first fortnight of February 2026. With this the large quantities of coal will be already uncovered through over burden removal and is ready for extraction and supply at short notice.

According to the senior officials of the coal PSU, the cumulative quantity of CIL’s pithead stock, plant stock at domestic coal based thermal power stations and exposed coal in-situ provides strong operational assurance.

Meanwhile, Higher quantities of domestic coal availability could catalyse coal import reduction as well, and therefore, international coal prices have shown an upward trend as of February 2026