New Delhi: NTPC Ltd, India’s largest integrated power producer, has registered a growth of 148 per cent coal production from its captive mines in April, 2023 as compared to production registered in April last year. NTPC recorded 2.75 Million metric tonnes (MMT) of coal production during the month of April 2023 as compared to 1.11MMT recorded for the month of April 2022.

India’s largest power producer also achieved the highest-ever monthly coal despatch of 2.95 MMT in April 2023, 140 per cent increase on coal despatch volumes of 1.23 MMT achieved in the month of April 2022.

NTPC recorded a coal production of 23.2 million tonnes in FY23, witnessing a 65 per cent growth against 14.02 million tonnes a year ago from its four operational coal mines -NTPC Pakri-Barwadih (Jharkhand), NTPC Chatti Bariatu (Jharkhand), NTPC Dulanga (Odisha) and NTPC Talaipalli (Chhattisgarh).

The digitization initiatives by the coal mining teams have helped in raising the bar in operational excellence in the mining operations. The improved processes have helped in enhancing safety in mining operations and have also led to the implementation of e-SMP, a digitalized safety management plan and a mobile app for safety, Sachetan. NTPC Group’s installed capacity stands at 71,644MW. /BI/