Energy Minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy on Thursday said the government was importing 31 lakh tonnes of coal as per the Coal Ministry’s norm that the States should procure at least 10% of their requirement from overseas.
The Ministries of Power, Coal and Railways had set the norm after the coal crisis began crippling generation at the thermal power plants in October 2021, to supplement the stocks available domestically.
Accordingly, the process of importing coal had been set in motion, he said at a review meeting at the Secretariat on Thursday, while observing that coal shortage was not limited to Andhra Pradesh alone.
