Production Cost of Coal in India for the Private Sector

The Coal-mining industry supplies the basic fuel requirements of more than 70 per cent of the commercial energy of the country. Production cost of coal has thus an important bearing on the cost of almost all the industrial manufactures. The demand of the colliery owners for an upward revision of prices fixed statutorily has made recently the study of the production cost of coal more important. There have been several official attempts at the study of the production cost of coal for the purpose of revision of prices.