Lok Sabha Question No. 2724 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-01
Subject: Production of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: NARANBHAI KACHHADIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2724

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 1/12/2016

## Production of Coal

## 2724.  SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the total quantity of coal being produced in the country at present along with the share of production of coal from subsidiaries of Coal India Limited (CIL) and private companies, company and state-wise;
- (b) whether the Government is aware that the companies producing high quantity of coal have less  employees while the company in which have more persons employed are producing less coal;
- (c) if  so,  whether  there  is  any  direction  about  the  right  proportion  of  production  and employees, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the total number of workers working under contractors, company-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government has any policy for providing employment to all displaced persons, if so, the details thereof?

## Answer

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  COAL,  POWER,  NEW  & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a): Total coal produced in the country during 2015-16 was to the tune of 639.23 MT. The details  of  subsidiary-wise production of coal by  CIL, SCCL and others including private companies for the year 2015-16 is as under:

( in MT )

| Company     | State          |   2015-16 (Prov) |
|-------------|----------------|------------------|
|             | West Bengal    |            21.16 |
|             | Jharkhand      |            19.05 |
| ECL         |                |            40.21 |
|             | West Bengal    |             2.56 |
|             | Jharkhand      |            33.3  |
| BCCL        |                |            35.86 |
| CCL         | Jharkhand      |            61.32 |
|             | Uttar Pradesh  |            12.68 |
|             | Madhya Pradesh |            67.54 |
| NCL         |                |            80.22 |
|             | Madhya Pradesh |             6.63 |
|             | Maharashtra    |            38.19 |
| WCL         |                |            44.82 |
|             | Madhya Pradesh |            13.73 |
|             | Chattisgarh    |           124.21 |
| SECL        |                |           137.93 |
| MCL         | Odisha         |           137.9  |
| NEC         | Assam          |             0.49 |
| Total CIL * |                |           538.75 |
| SCCL        | Telangana      |            60.38 |
| Others      | -              |            40.1  |
| Total       |                |           639.23 |

( b)&(c): Production of coal is not directly dependent on manpower. Production depends on geo-mining conditions, depth of coal deposit, thickness of deposit, reserves, availability and adequacy of infrastructure of mines.

Production  in  subsidiaries  having  more  number  of  underground  mines  have  limitation  in increasing production as mass production technology cannot be introduced. More manpower is required in underground mines as compared to open cast mines.

Subsidiary-wise Manpower, Production and No. of mines are as under:

| Subsidiary/ Unit   |   Manpower as on 01.10.2016 | Coal Production (Apr.'16 to Sept.'16) (MT)   | Total number of mines   |
|--------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| ECL                |                       65307 | 16.05                                        | 86                      |
| BCCL               |                       52339 | 16.61                                        | 48                      |
| CCL                |                       42999 | 23.64                                        | 65                      |
| NCL                |                       15771 | 36.60                                        | 10                      |
| WCL                |                       47547 | 14.00                                        | 86                      |
| SECL               |                       63005 | 59.27                                        | 86                      |
| MCL                |                       22421 | 63.80                                        | 28                      |
| NEC                |                        1765 | 0.10                                         | 04                      |
| CMPDI              |                        3610 | -                                            | -                       |
| DCC                |                         402 | -                                            | -                       |
| CIL (HQ)           |                         872 | -                                            | -                       |
| TOTAL              |                      316038 | 230.06                                       | 413                     |

( d): Total Number of Contractors' Workers deployed subsidiary-wise as on 01.01.2016 is given below:

| Company   |   No. of Contractors' workers deployed |
|-----------|----------------------------------------|
| ECL       |                                   8429 |
| BCCL      |                                   6611 |
| CCL       |                                   3784 |
| WCL       |                                   4094 |
| MCL       |                                  18098 |
| NCL       |                                  11348 |
| SECL      |                                  15246 |
| CMPDIL    |                                    757 |
| NEC       |                                    786 |
| CIL       |                                    114 |
| TOTAL     |                                  69267 |

- (e): Rehabilitation  &  Resettlement  Policy  2012  of  Coal  India  Ltd.  contains  provisions relating to providing of employment to land losers which are as follows:
- i) The maximum total number of employments that may be provided to the land losers would be limited to the  total  no.  of  acres  of  land  acquired  divided  by  two.  However, employments will be released in proportion to the land possessed.
- ii) For every two acres of land, one employment can be considered.
- iii) Subsidiaries of Coal India Ltd. may give an option to the land losers having less than two acres of land to club together their land to the extent of two acres and nominate one of the land losers among the groups or their dependents for employment under package deal or employment under descending order of land lost subject to the cut off equivalent to the

- total  no.  of  permissible  employments  or  any  other  method  with  the  approval  of  the respective Board of the Subsidiary.
- iv) The land loser must be a Domiciled resident/ Mool Nivaasi and the certificate to this effect shall be issued by the concerned State Authority.
- v) The modalities for offering employment shall be such as may be approved by the Board of the Subsidiary companies as per the unique conditions of the subsidiary provided that:
- a) The initial employment shall be given with pay of Category-I pay scale of NCWA, with training period of 6 months.
- b) In  the  Seniority  List,  the  seniority  of  the  appointee  should  be  reflected  in  appropriate manner in order to keep the Senior most as senior.
- c) The  land  loser  trainees  shall  be  posted  as  per  the  requirement  including  Underground duties .

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