{
  "id": "eco-coal-109",
  "question": "How much coal does India produce?",
  "topic": "Economy",
  "unit": "million tonnes",
  "decimals": 1,
  "measures": "Production of raw coal in million tonnes (lignite not included), from the Ministry of Coal. Years up to 2024-25 are final figures from the Coal Directory of India; the latest year is the Ministry's provisional monthly figure and may be revised when the next Directory comes out.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "Ministry of Coal, Coal Directory of India 2024-25; Monthly Coal Statistics for March 2026 (provisional)",
    "url": "https://www.coalcontroller.gov.in/files/annual_coal_directories_document/28-11-2025a-stc.pdf",
    "table": "Coal Directory of India 2024-25, Table 3.1 (Production of raw coal and lignite in last ten years), Raw Coal quantity, 2015-16 to 2024-25; 2025-26 from Monthly Coal Statistics for Mar'2026 (coal.gov.in msg-march26.pdf), Grand Total, production up to March FY26",
    "licence": "GODL-India"
  },
  "released": "2026-04-13",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-20",
  "nextDueBy": "2027-06-12",
  "processing": "Copied as published.",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "Ministry of Coal (Office of the Deputy Director General / Coal Controller's Organisation)",
    "survey": "Coal Directory of India 2024-25; Monthly Coal Statistics",
    "frequency": "Monthly (provisional); annual Directory (final)",
    "measures": "Raw coal production, million tonnes (excluding lignite)",
    "notes": [
      "Raw coal was 95.87% of solid fossil fuel output in 2024-25; lignite was 45.1 million tonnes",
      "Coal production first crossed 1 billion tonnes in 2024-25 (1,047.5 Mt)",
      "Coal India Limited (CIL) produced 768.14 of the 1,040.83 million tonnes in 2025-26 (provisional)"
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "2015-16",
      "start": "2015-04",
      "end": "2016-03",
      "value": 639.23
    },
    {
      "period": "2016-17",
      "start": "2016-04",
      "end": "2017-03",
      "value": 657.868
    },
    {
      "period": "2017-18",
      "start": "2017-04",
      "end": "2018-03",
      "value": 675.4
    },
    {
      "period": "2018-19",
      "start": "2018-04",
      "end": "2019-03",
      "value": 728.718
    },
    {
      "period": "2019-20",
      "start": "2019-04",
      "end": "2020-03",
      "value": 730.874
    },
    {
      "period": "2020-21",
      "start": "2020-04",
      "end": "2021-03",
      "value": 716.083
    },
    {
      "period": "2021-22",
      "start": "2021-04",
      "end": "2022-03",
      "value": 778.21
    },
    {
      "period": "2022-23",
      "start": "2022-04",
      "end": "2023-03",
      "value": 893.191
    },
    {
      "period": "2023-24",
      "start": "2023-04",
      "end": "2024-03",
      "value": 997.826
    },
    {
      "period": "2024-25",
      "start": "2024-04",
      "end": "2025-03",
      "value": 1047.523
    },
    {
      "period": "2025-26",
      "start": "2025-04",
      "end": "2026-03",
      "value": 1040.83
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/eco-coal-109/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/eco-coal-109/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/eco-coal-109/versions.csv"
}