New Delhi: India’s coal exports rose 23.4 per cent to 1.908 million tonnes in the financial year 2024-25. The development assumes significance as the government is actively promoting coal exports to capitalise on the growing global demand for fossil fuels.

The figures of 2024-25 are provisional, the government data said. The country’s coal exports stood at 1.546 MT in 2023-24, it said. In value terms, coal exports were worth Rs 1,828.2 crore in FY24 and Rs 1,643.4 crore in FY25, according to the data.

India exports coal to countries like Nepal, Bangladesh, and Bhutan.

A study had earlier said that India has the potential to export 15 million tonnes of coal to its neighbouring countries, including Nepal.

By promoting exports, increasing domestic production, and facilitating import

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