From 50 MT to 87.5 MT: How central coalfields rebuilt itself for a new India!

From 50 MT to 87.5 MT: How central coalfields rebuilt itself for a new India!

When Indian coal sector crossed the one-billion-tonne mark in FY 2024-25, producing a provisional 1,047.57 million tonnes (MT), the achievement rested on many shoulders. Among the most dependable was Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), the Ranchi-headquartered subsidiary of Coal India Limited that works the coal-bearing belts of Jharkhand. Coal still fuels more than 74 per cent of the country’s electricity generation and every additional tonne min…