Coal India has said it is aiming around 400 million tonnes of output this fiscal from its 121 projects that are currently under operations.
“There are 121 major ongoing coal projects under implementation and the expected contribution is of about 400 million tonnes in FY 2016-17,” the state-run firm said.
Coal India’s 65 new projects, with a targeted capacity of 302.88 million tonnes per year, were identified in FY 2014-15, of which project reports for 57 projects have been formulated, the company said.
It added: “Out of these 57 projects, 22 projects having ultimate capacity of 180.51 million tonnes per annum have been approved.”