2 April 2020 Coal Indias (COAL) dispatches declined 10.3% YoY to 53.5mt in Mar20 due to a sharp fall in demand from the power sector. Indias nation-wide lockdown comes at a time when (a) power demand has mines has been ramped up following a heavy monsoon season. Accordingly, inventories at both coal mines and power plants have risen (refer to Exhibits 1/2) a general trend at the onset of summer, but higher than usual. On the other hand, with Industrial and Commercial consumers accounting for nearly ~50% of Indias power demand, generation has been severely dented over the past one week. Furthermore, given the must-run status for renewables in the country, the brunt of the demand decline is being borne by coal-based plants. Generation from coal-based plants fell ~40% YoY over March 25 (Exhibit 4). On account of such a sharp demand drop and higher coal inventories at power +6.5% YoY) (Exhibit 5).