Lok Sabha Question No. 1435 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: Production of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: HARI NARAYAN RAJBHAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1435 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2017

## Production of Coal

## 1435. SHRI HARINARAYAN RAJBHAR:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the increase in annual production of coal during 2017-18 is not as per the expectation of the Government and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the year-wise details of the production of coal in the country since the year 2010 till date;
- (c) the total net revenue generated by the Government by the recent auction of coal blocks;
- (d) the State-wise details of the net revenue generated by auction of coal blocks in various States including Uttar Pradesh; and
- (e) the  State-wise  number  of  coal  mines  auctioned  by  the  Government  till date?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF COAL IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL AND RAILWAYS (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a): The overall production of coal during April-November, 2017 was 396.53 MT against the target 433.48 MT. A positive growth of 2% has been achieved during this period as compared to the corresponding period of previous year when the overall production was 388.68MT.

There  was  less  demand  of  coal  from  January  to  July  2017  resulting  into accumulation of coal stock in mines of Coal India Ltd.(CIL). So, the production was restricted in the early part of 2017-18. Thereafter as demand of coal picked up all efforts are being made to increase the production of coal.

(b): All  India  production  of  coal  in  the  country  since  2010  and  current  year 2017-18 (April-November, 2017) is given below in the table.

## (in million tones)

| Year                |   Production |
|---------------------|--------------|
| 2010-11             |       532.69 |
| 2011-12             |       539.95 |
| 2012-13             |       556.4  |
| 2013-14             |       565.77 |
| 2014-15             |       609.18 |
| 2015-16             |       639.23 |
| 2016-17             |       659.27 |
| 2017-18 upto Nov.17 |       396.53 |

(c): Total revenue generated to State  Governments  from  Coal  Mines allotted/auctioned under Coal Mines (SP) Act, 2015, till November, 2017 is Rs. 4109.31 crores out of which revenue generated from auctioned mine is Rs. 2543.30 crores.

(d)&(e): Under  the  provisions  of  the  Coal  Mines  (Special  Provisions)  Act, 2015 and the Rules made thereunder, 31 coal mines have been allocated by way of auction to private/public sector companies for specified end users. State-wise  Revenue  generated  till  November,  2017  from  the  coal  mines auctioned under Coal Mines (SP) Act. 2015 and number of 31 coal mines is given below.

| State          |   Revenue Generated ( In Rupees) |   No.of coal mines auctioned |
|----------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Chhatisgarh    |                      11113700315 |                            5 |
| Jharkhand      |                       2712548314 |                           10 |
| Madhya Pradesh |                       6568640482 |                            5 |
| Maharastra     |                        962584123 |                            5 |
| Orissa         |                        515697181 |                            3 |
| West Bengal    |                       3559797822 |                            3 |
| Total          |                      25432968237 |                           31 |

As no auctioned mine was located in Uttar Pradesh, revenue generated to state of Uttar Pradesh is Nil.