| COAL
PRODUCTION & DEMAND Coal production
in India sharply increased from 30 million tonnes in 1940 to over 290 million
tonnes in 1998-99. Now, India ranks 3rd amongst the coal producing
countries in the World. Future demand of coal for major industrial uses is given
in Table 2. Table 2 : Coal Demand
Forecast (Million tonnes)
|
Sector | Estimated
Coal Demand | | |
1996-97* | 2001-2002
| 2006-2007 |
2009-2010 | |
Power | 199
| 285 |
400 | 500
| | Steel |
25.53 | 49
| 60 |
68 | | Consent
| 11.34 |
21 | 30 |
37 | | Others
| 50.57 |
61 | 75 |
85 | | Total
| 286.46 |
416 | 565
| 690 | * Actual
Coal supplied. About 70 percent
of total production is used by the power generation sector while steel and cement
are also among the major consumers (Table 3). Table 3 : Consumption
of coal in power sector
| Year |
Coal consumption (million tonnes) |
Electricity installed capacity (MW) | |
1995-96 | 184.52
| 58675 | |
1996-97 | 199.00
| 60,000 | |
1997-98 | 212.92
| 63038 | |
1998-99 | 208
| 67000 | | 
