India likely to allow power plants to swap imported and domestic coal

Pushing through further rationalisation of coal supply linkages, India’s Coal Ministry is working on permitting thermal power plant operators to swap imported transported to deep into the hinterland with domestic coal being transported to plants along the coast.

The Coal Ministry has set up an inter-Ministerial task force, which would be meeting on Friday to go into the detail of swap of imported and domestic coal, a government official said.