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How much coal does India produce?

1,040.8 million tonnes
2025-26▼ 6.7 vs 2024-25

Ministry of Coal · released 13 Apr 2026 · next due by 12 Jun 2027

How much coal does India produce?
PeriodValue (million tonnes)
2025-261,040.8
2024-251,047.5
2023-24997.8
2022-23893.2
2021-22778.2
2020-21716.1
2019-20730.9
2018-19728.7
2017-18675.4
2016-17657.9
2015-16639.2

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India's coal production was 1,040.8 million tonnes in 2025-26, compared with 1,047.5 million tonnes in 2024-25 (Ministry of Coal). Source: Ministry of Coal, Coal Directory of India 2024-25; Monthly Coal Statistics for March 2026 (provisional).

Cite as: Coal Directory of India 2024-25; Monthly Coal Statistics (Ministry of Coal), 2025-26

What this shows

  • India produced 1,040.8 million tonnes of coal in 2025-26 (provisional), 0.6% less than the 1,047.5 million tonnes of 2024-25, the first fall since 2020-21.
  • Production first crossed one billion tonnes in 2024-25; it was 639.2 million tonnes in 2015-16 and grew fastest in 2022-23 (14.8%).
  • Coal India produced 768.1 million tonnes in 2025-26 (down 1.65%) and SCCL 58.0, while captive and other mines rose 8.7% to 214.7 million tonnes.

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Coal Directory of India 2024-25; Monthly Coal Statistics (Ministry of Coal), 2025-26

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Source and method

Source
Ministry of Coal, Coal Directory of India 2024-25; Monthly Coal Statistics for March 2026 (provisional)
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
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13 Apr 2026
Retrieved
20 Oct 2026
Next due
by 12 Jun 2027
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What exactly is measured

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.

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  1. 11 periods, latest 2025-26: 1,040.8 million tonnes · first snapshotArchived source26b3a2c5c951
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  • 1,040.83 million tonnes2025-26 provisional, Monthly Coal Statistics March 2026

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