A coal shortage has forced India to delay plans to expand its electricity production by nearly 50 percent, as power supply bottlenecks threaten to undermine the country's economic growth. The Government has been unable to allocate coal to new power plants that are meant to generate more than 60 GW of additional electricity. Already plagued by power outages that regularly affect residential supply due to a lack of generating capacity or poor transmission networks, there is fear that a coal shortage may soon pose an even greater threat.
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