The country is set to witness a two-fold increase in demand for coal over the next two plan periods-- from 713.24 MT by the end of the current Plan in 2011-12, to 1,339 MT in 2021-22. - This emerges from an analysis performed by the Planning Commission, which also forecasts the coal demand in the intervening 12th Plan as 994 MT.
- Out of the total, the demand from power utilities is likely to increase, from 473 MT in the 11th Plan, to 660 MT in the 12th Plan and, subsequently, to 886 MT by the end of the 13th Plan period.
- This estimate is based on the assumption that coal-based generation would contribute 915 BU and 1,230 BU to the power sector of India, respectively, in the terminating years of 12th and 13th Plans.
- Further, the cumulative increase in coal requirements of the steel, captive power and other sectors is anticipated to be of the order of 93.78 MT between the 11th and 12th Plans, and 119 MT between the 12th and 13th Plans.
- From 240.24 MT in FY 2011-12, demand from these sectors is expected to rise to 334 MT in FY 2016-17, followed by 453 MT in FY 2021-22.
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