Lok Sabha Question No. 1845 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Allocation of Mine Blocks
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: SAUGATA ROY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1845 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.03.2018

## Allocation of Mine Blocks

## 1845.   PROF. SAUGATA ROY:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received and considered a number of requests of certain States for allocation of separate mine blocks for the use of their power stations during the last three years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of mine blocks allocated to various States during the said period?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR RAILWAYS AND COAL (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a)  to  (c)  : Requests  have  been  received  from  time  to  time  from  various  State  Governments  for allocation of coal blocks/mines.  The allocation of coal blocks are made under the provisions of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act) and the Rules made thereunder wherein  there  is  a  process  prescribed  for  allotment  of  coal  blocks  as  per  which State Government companies can apply as and when applications are invited by Ministry of Coal through a Notice Inviting Application (NIA) for allocation of coal blocks. Applications, if any, are considered as per the norms specified.  Similarly the allocation of 204 cancelled coal mines are made under the provisions of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 (CMSP Act) and the Rules  made  there  under.  Under  the  provisions  of  the  said  Act  there  is  a  process  prescribed  for allotment  of  coal  mines  as  per  which  State  Government  companies  can  apply  as  and  when applications are invited by Ministry of Coal/Nominated Authority through NIA for allocation of coal  mines.  Applications,  if  any,  are  considered  as  per  the  norms  specified.  The  details  of  the coal/lignite blocks/mines which currently stand allotted under the provisions of MMDR Act and CMSP Act to various State Public Sector Undertakings during the last three years is given below :-

| S. No.                 | Name of Coal/ Lignite Block   | Allotee Company                                                                    | End-use/ Sale of Coal   |
|------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| Coal Blocks (MMDR Act) | Coal Blocks (MMDR Act)        | Coal Blocks (MMDR Act)                                                             | Coal Blocks (MMDR Act)  |
| 1.                     | Kente Extension               | Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd.                                          | Power                   |
| 2.                     | Tentuloi                      | Odisha Thermal Power Corporation Ltd.                                              | Power                   |
| 3.                     | Kudanali-Luburi               | (i) Jammu &Kashmir State Power Dev. Corp. Ltd. (ii) NTPC Ltd. ( Joint-allocation ) | Power                   |
| 4.                     | Chandrabila                   | Tamil Nadu Generation &Distribution Corporation Ltd.                               | Power                   |
| 5.                     | Mahajanwadi                   | Maharashtra State Power Generation Co. Ltd.                                        | Power                   |
| 6.                     | Sarapal-Nuapara               | Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corp. Ltd.                                         | Power                   |
| 7.                     | Kalyanpur-Badalpara           | Haryana Power Generation Corp. Ltd.                                                | Power                   |
| 8.                     | Pachwara-South                | Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Limited                                                | Power                   |

| 9.                        | Brahmani                                                        | Orissa Minerals Development Company                                                                                  | Sale of Coal              |
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 10.                       | Kerwa                                                           | Kerwa Coal Limited (Joint Venture of Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corpn. and M.P. State Mining Corporation Ltd.) | Sale of Coal              |
| Lignite Blocks (MMDR Act) | Lignite Blocks (MMDR Act)                                       | Lignite Blocks (MMDR Act)                                                                                            | Lignite Blocks (MMDR Act) |
| 1                         | Panandhro Extension                                             | Gujarat Mineral Development Corp. Ltd.                                                                               | Power                     |
| 2                         | Bharkandam                                                      | Gujarat Mineral Development Corp. Ltd.                                                                               | Sale of Coal              |
| 3                         | Ghala                                                           | Gujarat Mineral Development Corp. Ltd.                                                                               | Sale of Coal              |
| Coal mines (CMSP Act)     | Coal mines (CMSP Act)                                           | Coal mines (CMSP Act)                                                                                                | Coal mines (CMSP Act)     |
| 1                         | Badam                                                           | Bihar State Power Generation Co. Ltd.                                                                                | Power                     |
| 2                         | Gare Palma Sector III                                           | Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Co. Ltd.                                                                         | Power                     |
| 3-4                       | Gidhmuri, Paturia                                               |                                                                                                                      | Power                     |
| 5                         | Gare Palma Sector I                                             | Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited                                                                        | Power                     |
| 6                         | Banhardih                                                       | Jharkhand Urja Utpadan Nigam Ltd                                                                                     | Power                     |
| 7 to 12                   | Baranj I, Baranj II, Baranj III, Baranj IV, Manora Deep &Kiloni | Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd.                                                                                     | Power                     |
| 13                        | Gare Palma Sector II                                            | Maharashtra State Power Generation Co. Ltd.                                                                          | Power                     |
| 14-15                     | Manoharpur& Manoharpur Dipside                                  | Odisha Coal &Power Limited                                                                                           | Power                     |
| 16                        | Pachhwara Central                                               | Punjab State Power Corp. Ltd.                                                                                        | Power                     |
| 17                        | Parsa                                                           | Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam                                                                                 | Power                     |
| 18-19                     | Parsa East, Kanta Basan                                         | Ltd                                                                                                                  | Power                     |
| 20                        | Tadicherla-I                                                    | Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited                                                                 | Power                     |
| 21                        | RajbarD&E                                                       | Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Ltd                                                                                            | Power                     |
| 22                        | Naini                                                           | The Singareni Collieries Company Limited                                                                             | Power                     |
| 23                        | Saharpur Jamarpani                                              | UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd                                                                                    | Power                     |
| 24                        | Barjora                                                         |                                                                                                                      | Power                     |
| 25                        | Barjora (North)                                                 |                                                                                                                      | Power                     |
| 26-27                     | Gangaramchak, Gangaramchak Bhadulia                             | West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd.                                                                       | Power                     |
| 28                        | Kasta East                                                      |                                                                                                                      | Power                     |
| 29                        | Pachhwara North                                                 |                                                                                                                      | Power                     |
| 30-31                     | Tara East &West                                                 |                                                                                                                      | Power                     |
| 32                        | Patal East                                                      | Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation Limited                                                              | Sale of Coal              |
| 33                        | Baitarni West                                                   | Odisha Mining Corporation Limited                                                                                    | Sale of Coal              |
| 34                        | Madanpur South                                                  | The Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development                                                                               | Sale of Coal              |
| 35                        | Suliyari                                                        | Corporation Limited                                                                                                  | Sale of Coal              |
| 36                        | Penagaddppa                                                     | The Singareni Collieries Company Limited                                                                             | Sale of Coal              |
| 37                        | Gourangdih ABC                                                  | West Bengal Mineral Development &Trading Corporation Limited                                                         | Sale of Coal              |

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