India's coal imports for blending plunged by 46.57% YoY to 13.57 Mt in Apr-Oct 2023 despite domestic escalating power demand, against 25.4 Mt in the same period last year, the ministry of coal said on Nov 29. During this period, domestic coal-based power generation reached 686.7 bln units, an 8.88% rise from 630.7 bln units last year.