India, Sept. 24 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Every unit of electricity has a journey behind it.
Before a light comes on in a home, machinery starts inside a factory, or a steel or cement plant begins production, a much larger chain of activity is already in motion.
Behind India's growing demand for electricity lies another equally important story: the journey of coal from the mine to the consumer, and the distribution system that keeps this journey moving.
Over the past decade, Coal India Limited (CIL) has reshaped this journey. A system once driven largely by traditional linkages (allocated on nomination basis) has evolved into a broader framework of long-term supply assurance, competitive auctions, digital interfac...