Ministry of Coal Reports Record-Breaking Production and Dispatch in Captive and Commercial Mines for FY 2025-26

• For the first time ever, combined production and dispatch from India's captive and commercial coal mines crossed the 200 Million Tonnes (MT) mark in FY 2025-26.
• Marks the maturing of the 2020 commercial coal mining reform — a key plank of Aatmanirbhar Bharat in the energy sector.
• UPSC relevance: GS-III (Energy security, Infrastructure, Government Policies); intersects with MMDR Act, 1957 and CMSP Act, 2015.