Electricity generation
Industries in India consumed 968.25 MT of raw coal in 2018–19, growing by 7.76% over the previous fiscal. The largest consumers of coal in India are electricity generation (637.95 MT), the steel and washery industries (69.50 MT), the sponge iron industry (12.23 MT) and the cement industry (8.82 MT). Consumption of lignite stood at 45.81 MT in 2018–19. Electricity generation alone accounts for 82.23% of the total lignite consumption.