Power Ministry Slams Journalist's Tweet For "Utter Ignorance"

The Ministry of Power's response to a journalist covering the power sector in which she talked about the U-turns made by the government.

The Union Ministry of Power has slammed a journalist saying her tweet about the power sector "displays utter ignorance". The journalist, who works with Business Standard, posted a Twitter thread on August 3 in which she talked about "dizzying U-turns on coal imports". She said that in three months, the Centre has gone from mandating imported coal blending for power generation companies to making it optional. Taking note of it, the ministry posted a long Twitter thread in which it said that the import of coal for blending has always been happening and presented some statistics. This refers to the tweet of one @shreya_jai – said to be a correspondent of Business Standard.The tweet displays an utter ignorance of the sector which she is reported to be covering.@OfficeOfRKSingh@PIB_India Decision to import coal for blending is dynamic and depends on the supplies of domestic coal.When the supplies of domestic coal are sufficient we do not import / import less coal.When domestic supplies are insufficient, we need to import coal for blending. This also raised a pertinent question - does India even need imported coal?I and @DhruvakshSaha explored the history of coal demand supply mismatch in the country and how the current kneejerk reactions do more disservice. https://t.co/BVKdcOrLHe