CONSUMERS’ PAGE Present Coal Scenario: National Miner Coal India Limited started the New Year on a high as the coal behemoth increased its Coal production as well as despatch quantities for the month of January ’22 compared to the previous month. CIL’s total production for January was 64.50 MT, higher than 60.41 MT production in the same month last year. MCL has clocked the highest figures (17.34 MT) this month with more than 100% achievement of its target. In terms of coal dispatch CIL achieved more than 91% of its monthly target in January with 60.85 MT significantly higher than the despatch quantity on the same month in 2021. Cumulative dispatch by CIL FY2021-22 so far has been 542.48 MT, more than 17% higher compared to the same period in the last fiscal.
Issues faced by both Power and NRS Consumers: 1. Submission for considering actual tare weight instead of designed tare weight fixed by the Railways for weighment of coal rakes:
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As per Railway Board Circular issued in August, 2012, designed tare weight of different stocks plying in Indian railways had been fixed. For calculating permissible carrying capacity (PCC), designed tare weight of wagons is considered as benchmark along with permissible axle load limit. However, designed tare weight of wagons
