The Central Government has asked Coal India Ltd (CIL) to ramp up production and dispatch 2 million tonne per day to power sector against around 1.6 million tonne at present. The direction to CIL comes at a time when the power plants in the country are facing shortage of coal for power production. The dispatch of coal to the power sector in August has been 14.4 per cent higher compared to the same month last year, and 22 per cent higher in September as against the same month last year, according to the Coal Secretary Susheel Kumar.