Ministry of Coal decided in consultation with Ministry of Power that Coal India Limited (CIL) would offer the monthly coal quantity under e-auction by various subsidiaries of CIL to the power utilities during October, 2011 under the condition that the transportation of the booked quantity of coal would be arranged by the power plants themselves. Accordingly, CIL offered an additional 5.05 Million Tonnes to power utilities in October, 2011 but power utilities have booked 0.342 million tonnes only.This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal, Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
