NEW DELHI, April 8 (Reuters) - India has adequate coal stocks available at its mines and power plants, with stocks sufficient to generate power for 24 days, a government official said on Wednesday.

The overall coal stocks in the South Asian country was at 220 million tons, the official added.

(Reporting by Nidhi Verma and Saurabh Sharma, Writing by Shanima Aniyeri; Editing by YP Rajesh)