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Call for withdrawal of coal import order to States

GUWAHATI

The All India Power Engineers’ Federation (AIPEF) has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make the Ministry of Power withdraw its “coercive directives” to the States and its power generation companies for importing coal they don’t need.

Referring to Coal and Mines Minister Prahlad Joshi’s submission in the Rajya Sabha on July 25, AIPEF chairperson Shailendra Dubey pointed out that companies should not be forced to import coal when there is no shortage in the country and domestic production in the halfway mark of the year is 31% higher than in 2021.

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