For the first time, CIL invites bids for importing coal
New Delhi: Coal India Ltd (CIL) on Thursday invited bids for importing coal for the first time with the aim of helping generation companies build up fuel inventories for the rainy season, even as India's peak power demand shot past 210 gigawatts (GW) at 3pm to smash the previous record of 209.8GW hit a day earlier.