Kolkata: Coal India Ltd aims to step up its production in the coming months to achieve its target of 875 million tonnes for the current financial year, the public sector company’s Chairman and Managing Director Sanoj Kumar Jha said on Sunday.

Interacting with journalists on the sidelines of an event to celebrate the 59th Foundation Day of Hindustan Copper Ltd here, Jha said: “Today I can’t say we will not meet the production target (for 2025-26). I can’t say we will meet. But we will aspire that we will be able to be there or near there.”

The output of CIL, which accounts for 80 per cent of India’s coal production, was adversely impacted during September and October this year due to the prolonged monsoon rains affecting mining operations.

The CMD was, however, confident that CIL would

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