Annexure - VIII
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 COMPANYWISE COAL DESPATCHES & VENDIBLE STOCKS DURING LAST FIVE YEARS
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		        Coal Despatches during                           	    Closing Stocks as on
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COMPANY	       1994-95  1995-96  1996-97 1997-98 1998-99*  1999.2000*  31.3.95  31.3.96 31.3.97 31.3.98 31.03.99      31.12.99*
                                                  (Apr.Dec.)                                        (Prov)
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ECL  		24.21	 25.79	  28.04	  26.64    25.54    18.44	2.23       3.23	     3.61     3.48    4.30       2.27
BCCL		28.34	 26.49	  26.75	  27.57    26.83    20.85	3.46	   3.78	     2.95     5.38    4.17       2.77
CCL		31.11	 30.74	  31.20	  32.90    31.98    23.22	4.95	   4.44	     5.05     4.68    4.72       1.88
NCL		32.91	 35.08	  36.99	  37.47    35.46    27.68	1.48	   1.61      1.62     1.27    2.29       0.55
WCL		27.24	 30.35	  30.91	  31.35    30.44    24.82	3.15	   1.44	     1.43     2.29    3.31       2.06
SECL		47.82	 52.28	  56.13	  58.11    56.92    41.97	8.73	   9.15      7.89     6.01    6.27       5.65
MCL		26.91	 34.31	  37.22	  43.22    41.76    30.64	5.14	   3.41	     3.48     2.37    4.06       4.31
NEC		 0.83	  1.03	   0.83	   0.57     0.70     0.52	1.16	   0.92	     0.83     0.93    0.83       0.62
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Total CIL      219.37   236.07   248.07  257.82	  249.63   188.14	30.30	  27.98	    26.86    26.41   29.95      20.11
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SCCL		24.03	 25.35	  29.34	  29.39    27.00    22.13	1.09	   2.50	     1.83     1.37    1.67       0.59
Captive Collerie 5.03	  6.08	   6.09	   6.65     8.08     7.00	0.23	   0.23	     0.25     0.28    0.27       0.17
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Grand Total    248.43	 267.50	 283.50	 293.86   284.71   217.27      31.62	  30.71     28.94    28.06   31.89**    20.87**
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*  Provisional
** Closing stock.