Even a person with low intelligence will understand': Journalists spread lies about coal import, fear of rising electricity prices, then the ministry reprimanded Subsequently, the business Standard journalist claimed in a tweet, "Many states had opposed importing coal but the Ministry of Power asked them to return their tenders. And, followed by national miners and others in the world." Coal india, the largest coal producer, was asked to import coal for the first time in history." The Ministry of Power on thursday (August 18, 2022) slammed business Standard's assistant editor Shreya jai for misleading people about the import of coal into the country.The whole issue started earlier this month (August 3) when Shreya jai tweeted claiming that the Modi government has taken a U-turn in its energy policy. He alleged in his tweet that "The central government has made blending of imported coal from mandatory to optional for power generation companies in three months."
He also said in his tweet, “In May, the Ministry of Power also asked power generation companies to mix 10% of imported coal or reduce domestic supply.”
Shreya Jay claimed that the Ministry of Power has allowed power generation companies to pass on the inflated price of imported coal to consumers. He also alleged that National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPCL) has placed an import tender of 6.25 million tonnes.
Not only this, Shreya jai claimed in the tweet, "Power prices may increase by 50-70 paise per unit after blending of 10% imported coal." Not only this, but he also alleged that the manner in which the adani Group has won tenders is all a kind of "wrong game".
Subsequently, the business Standard journalist claimed in a tweet, "Many states had opposed importing coal but the Ministry of Power asked them to return their tenders. And, thereafter the national miner and the world's second-largest coal producer, Coal india, were asked to import coal for the first time in history."
He then alleged in a tweet, "Contrary to the estimated demand of 40 million tonnes, Coal india Limited barely received interest of 2.4 MT from states and private power generating companies. After this, the first tender of Rs 4,500 crore was awarded to adani Enterprises and the second to a blacklisted firm in Indonesia.
In another tweet, Shreya jai accused the Modi government of saying that this 'U-turn' has dealt a big blow to private and government power generation companies.
Shreya made another allegation of the central government saying, “Yesterday (August 2), the power ministry revoked all its earlier decisions on imported coal, and asked states and power generation companies to import coal if needed. left on. The government has also asked NTPC to reduce the blending from 10% to 5%.” Business Standard Assistant Editor Shreya Jay then shared a february 2020 press release. In which the then Coal and Mining minister Pralhad Joshi said that india will stop the import of thermal coal from the financial year 2023-24. The direct meaning of sharing this press release was to show that the central government is going back on its own point.
After all these allegations, on thursday (August 18), the Ministry of Power, while tweeting, denied all these allegations and reprimanded Shreya jai and wrote, "Your ignorance is completely visible in the field in which you are working. "
The Ministry of Power clarified in its tweet that coal is being imported into india for a long time. It also explained how over time the imports have come down from 38.5 million tonnes in 2013-2014 to 12.2 million tonnes in 2022-2023. The ministry wrote “Our electricity demand has increased by 15 to 20% from August-September 2021. Domestic coal supply has also increased during this period but it is not enough to meet the demand.” It was also pointed out by the Ministry of Power that coal reserves in power plants were being increasingly used, leading to a shortfall of 1.2 lakh tonnes per day till April-May this year. In a tweet, the Ministry of Power wrote, "Had we not started imports, our coal stock would have hit a low of 7 million tonnes on 23rd July." Arguing for importing coal, in another tweet, the ministry said, “When domestic coal supply is sufficient, we do not import less coal. When the domestic supply is insufficient, coal has to be imported for blending.”
Rejecting adani Group's claim of preference over Denter, the power ministry said, "All coal procurement is through open international bidding and the tender is awarded to the company that supplies coal at the lowest rate." can do."
The Ministry of Power on thursday (August 18, 2022) slammed business Standard's assistant editor Shreya jai for misleading people about the import of coal into the country.The whole issue started earlier this month (August 3) when Shreya jai tweeted claiming that the Modi government has taken a U-turn in its energy policy. He alleged in his tweet that "The central government has made blending of imported coal from mandatory to optional for power generation companies in three months."
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