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Mumbai Union Coal Ministry Secretary S K Srivastavainaugurates
Powertech India 2013
By Rons Bantwal
Bel levis ion Media Network
Mumbai, 7 Nov 2013:The union coal ministry secretary S K
Srivastava inaugurated thefifteenth national convention, Powertech
India 2013, in the presence of presence ofCentral Electricity
Authority former chairman and IndiaTech Governing Councilchairman A
S Bakshi, union energy ministry former secretary and Powertech
India -2013 convener V K Pandit, union energy ministry additional
secretary Ashok Lavasa,IndiaTech Foundation chairman Indra Mohan,
at Hotel The Lalit, Andheri (East) hereon Thursday November 7.
Speaking on the occasion, Srivatsava said that te top officials
from union ministry ofcoal, railway ministry and Coal India Limited
as well as Chief Ministers of few northernstates will meet on
November 12, to discuss the burning issue of large coal
blockslocated on railway tracks. They will have detail discussions
on the subject and will try tocome out with a solution, announced S
K Srivastava.
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Srivastava further said, the union government is determined to
solve this issues and Iam sure it will open up large coal fields,
said Srivatsava.
Addressing a round table conference of power suppliers-coal
producers, Srivastava said
all the concerned parties including onion ministry of
environment, coal ministry, CoalIndia, and energy enterprises from
both PSU as well as private sector should worktogether to improve
the efficiency of power plants and augment coal supply.
As of now, most of the power plants are not working at there
optimal capacity due toshortage of fuel-specially coal and the
union ministry will try to solve the issue,Srivastava added.
Addressing round table of power-coal producers, union energy
minister additionalsecretary Ashok Lavasa said, baring few power
producers, almost all of them havesigned the Fuel Supply Agreement
(FSA),said Ashok.
The gap between power tariffs and fuel cost should come down to
extend thesustainability of power distribution companies, Lavasa
added.
In his welcome speech, Indra Mohan said, India is Worlds third
largest producer of coaland also has fifth largest coal reserves in
the world. However, Indian power sector is stillplagued by
insufficient supply of coal to maintain an accelerated growth of
powergeneration.
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Indias domestic coal output is now 540 million tons a year,
while demand for c oal in2011-12 was 640 million tons, forcing the
country into expensive imports even it sat onsome of the biggest
reserves in the world. By 2016-17, the government expectsdomestic
coal output to reach 795 million tons, but demand is expected to
reach 980million tons by then - with 682 million tons needed for
the power sector alone, said IndraMohan.
