Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw while announcing the Cabinet decisions on Friday highlighted that the coal imports as per cent of consumption is reducing consistently. In 2024-25, imports reduced by 7.9% resulting in forex saving of about Rs 60,700 Crore.

Highlighting the Rail-Coal partnership, the minister noted that 823 million tonne coal last year was transported via Rail. "Coal stocks at domestic power plants are also at record high," the minister said.

India crossed the landmark of 1 billion tonne coal production in a single year for the first time in 2024-25.

In his presentation, the minister said the total production in 2024-25 was recorded at 1.048 billion tonnes.

Minister Vaishnaw also shared a graph in his presentation showing the gradual shift towards greater reliance on dom

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