Commercial coal mining to lower power tariff: Coal Secretary

The opening up of commercial coal mining to private companies will bring in competition in the coal sector and reduce power tariff, a top official said today.

"Let's begin by saying commercial coal mining is a very big reform in the coal sector and the idea is to bring in competition for the monopoly coal miner, which is a public sector company called Coal India (CIL)," Coal Secretary Susheel Kumar told

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