Coal India Offtake Reaches 384.2 MT in First Half of 2026-27

The correct answer is 384.2 MT. Coal India lifted 384.2 MT in the first six months of the financial year 2026-27, an increase of 27.2 MT or 7.6 per cent over the same months of the previous year. Option A, 357.0 MT, is the figure for that earlier period and is therefore the classic trap in a question of this type, because a candidate who remembers only one number often picks the base year by mistake. Option B and option D do not appear in the ministry statement at all. The pace of the gain rose through the year: second-quarter offtake went from 166.04 MT to 186.04 MT, a growth of 12.05 per cent, and September supplies alone climbed from 54.40 MT to 61.20 MT. Always learn the current figure together with the figure it is being compared against, since examiners ask for both.

The correct answer is about 79 per cent. Of the coal Coal India lifted in the first half of the financial year 2026-27, nearly 79 per cent was directed to the power sector, which confirms how central electricity generation is to the company’s distribution strategy. In absolute terms power-sector despatch was 302.8 MT against 285.4 MT a year earlier, a rise of 17.4 MT or 6.1 per cent. The statement also notes that Coal India supplies close to four-fifths of its coal to the power sector as a matter of course, and four-fifths is another way of stating the same proportion, so the two expressions should be linked in memory. Options A and B understate the share, while option D overstates it. In the second quarter the company sent 148.20 MT to power plants against 133.50 MT a year earlier, a growth of 11 per cent.

The correct answer is 640.05 BU. Generation from domestic coal rose to 640.05 billion units in the first half of the financial year 2026-27 from 582.5 billion units in the corresponding period a year earlier, an increase of roughly 57.5 billion units or 9.9 per cent. Option A, 582.5 BU, is the figure for the previous year and is the expected trap. Options B and D are invented numbers that do not appear in the statement. The point the ministry draws from this comparison is that a coal supply system is finally judged by whether it supports electricity generation, so the generation number is read alongside the offtake and despatch numbers rather than on its own. Candidates should remember the unit as well: coal is measured in million tonnes while generation is measured in billion units.

The correct answer is 432 MT from 46 silos. The ministry statement records that 46 CHP-silos give Coal India 432 MT of mechanised closed-loop evacuation capacity, and that the company is considering more such silos at greenfield mines about to be opened. These silos belong to a wider set of investments meant to move from higher supply to assured supply, alongside First Mile Connectivity, rapid loading systems and digital monitoring. Options A, B and D pair invented figures and are wrong. Candidates should also note why evacuation matters: coal has to be lifted from the pithead and moved to the consumer, and in the first half of the year the company drew down 63 MT of pithead stocks, which shows that stored coal can be released quickly only when evacuation capacity exists to carry it.