India will need 185mtpa just to meet the shortfall - then India...

India will need 185mtpa just to meet the shortfall - then India will add 88000 MW capacity in their 12th 5 year plan which will require an additional 300mtpa - Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde warns the country will not have much coal left for meeting targets for the 13th Five-Year Plan - EER's 2bt looking a lot more valuable by the day.

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India to boost coal imports

India will need to import 185 million tons of coal annually by 2017 to meet increasing shortfalls, the government said.

nearly 400 million people, about one-third of India's population, have no access to electricity.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2012/07/17/India-to-boost-coal-imports/UPI-57211342549923/#ixzz2118NJ4Hp