Forty-five Indian power plants operate with critically low coal inventories now. Monsoon rains disrupt supplies and electricity demand rise...

An increase of 70 million tonnes of annual coal transport was recorded in 2023-24 on account of additional rake availability, the power min...

There are actions which the Railways need to take to reduce the congestion on those lines so that more coal can be evacuated from these pla...

The Railways has also used an innovative method of using long-haul trains -- running three to five trains together -- at 122 locations in s...

According to the data, out of the 378 rakes which were ferrying coal on October 1, 280 were sent to powerhouses, however, by Friday (Octobe...

The Coal India has decided to procure rail wagons at an estimated cost of Rs 700 crore.

The clarification has come in view of continuing disputes between Coal India and power consumers over loss of quality of coal during transp...

The additional supply will be enough to fuel almost 4,000 MW of power plants through the year, which will rise as more coal is transported,...

The power, coal and railway ministries have taken a series of measures to improve coal supplies to power plants after electricity prices cr...

In a meeting last week, the minister took review of the coal stock at various power plants and coal loading by Indian railways.

According to estimates Coal India will be able to increase evacuation by 5-8 per cent in the immediate term.

Govt has decided to raise number of railway lines over next 5 yrs that will enable transportation of 1 bn tonnes of coal produced by CIL, S...

Lack of rakes will adversely affect over 70% of the about 50,000 mw of captive power production capacity installed by industrial houses.

The NE Coal Merchants Association said the new freight rates of the Railways will cause loss of up to Rs 10L to Rs 18L per rake of coal fro...

The coal ministry said a total of 181 coal rakes were dispatched to consumers on Monday, of which 147 rakes went to the power sector.

Punjab may be in for a power crisis with the coal stock in state's thermal plants reaching critical stage due to a transporters' strike.

Coal India Ltd and the Indian Railways on Monday decided to set up a task force for better coordination in movement of coal as well as to m...