Indian coal supplies up at 557.707 mn tonne

There has been an increase in India's coal production and supply during 2012-13. In 2012-13, the domestic production was 557.707 million tonne and the total domestic supply of coal was 569.767 million tonne, says a government of India report.

The Union Minister of State for Coal Pratik PrakashBapu Patil told the Rajya Sabha recently that in addition to the domestic supply of coal, the country imported 137.56 million tonne of coal in order to meet the demand.