Lok Sabha Question No. 410 (STARRED), answered on 2016-12-15
Subject: Commercial Coal Mining
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: SUKENDER REDDY GUTHA

## Government of India Ministry of Coal Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 410 To be answered on 15.12.2016

## Commercial Coal Mining

## *410. SHRI GUTHA SUKENDER REDDY:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  proposes  to  develop  the  commercial  coal mining by involving the State Public Sector Undertakings and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Union  Government  has  identified  coal  mines  which  are  to  be used for commercial mining and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether  State  PSUs  have  come  forward  to  commence  commercial  coal mining and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR COAL, POWER, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) to (c) : A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.  410  for  answer  on  15.12.2016  asked  by  Shri  Gutha  Sukender  Reddy regarding Commercial Coal Mining.

- (a): Enabling provisions have been made in the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015  and  the  Mines  and  Mineral  (Development  &  Regulations)  Act,  1957  for allocation of coal mines by way of auction and allotment inter alia for sale of coal. In addition,  the  methodology  for  allotment  of  coal  mines  under  the  provisions  of  the Coal  Mines  (Special  Provisions)  Act,  2015  to  Central  /  State  Public  Sector Undertakings for sale of coal has also been approved by the Government.
- (b) & (c): Sixteen (16) coal mines were identified for commercial mining by Public Sector  Undertakings  as  per Annexure .  A  Notice  Inviting  Applications  (NIA)  was accordingly  issued  on  20/21  April  2016  for  coal  bearing  Host  states  and  on  23rd June  2016  for  non-Host  states.7  coal  mines  have  been  finally  allocated  to  State Public  Sector  Undertakings  of  the  coal-bearing  Host  States  as  well  as  non-Host State for sale of  coal under the provisions of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015. Allotment Agreements have also been executed with the allocattees of all the 7 coal mines. The details of these 7 coal mines are as under:-

|   Sl. No. | Name of Coal Mines / Blocks   | State          | Successful Allottee                                           | Category       |
|-----------|-------------------------------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|         1 | Madanpur South                | Chhattisgarh   | Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation                | Non-Host State |
|         2 | Suliyari                      | Madhya Pradesh | Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation                | Non-Host State |
|         3 | Patal East                    | Jharkhand      | Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation Limited       | Host State     |
|         4 | Dahegaon / Makardhokra- IV    | Maharashtra    | Maharashtra State Mining Corporation Limited                  | Host State     |
|         5 | Baitarni West                 | Odisha         | Odisha Mining Corporation Limited                             | Host State     |
|         6 | Penagaddppa                   | Telangana      | The Singareni Collieries Company Limited                      | Host State     |
|         7 | Gourangdih ABC                | West Bengal    | West Bengal Mineral Development & Trading Corporation Limited | Host State     |

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## 16 coal mines Identified for commercial mining by PSUs.

|   Sl. No | Name of Coal Mines / Blocks   | State          |   Geologica l Reserves (In MT) | Peak rated Capacity (MTPA)   | Category                 | Category                 |
|----------|-------------------------------|----------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|        1 | Shankarpur Bhatgaon II Extn.  | Chhattisgarh   |                          80.14 | 2.00                         | For Host State           | Chhattisgarh             |
|        2 | Patal East                    | Jharkhand      |                         129.77 | 3.00                         | For Host State           | Jharkhand                |
|        3 | Dongri Tal - II               | Madhya Pradesh |                         162.47 | 2.90                         | For Host State           | Madhya                   |
|        4 | Marki Barka                   | Madhya Pradesh |                          80.06 | 1.00                         | For Host State           | Pradesh                  |
|        5 | Dahegaon/Makard hokra- IV     | Maharashtra    |                         341.9  | 1.50                         | For Host State           | Maharashtra              |
|        6 | Baitarni West                 | Odisha         |                         602.1  | 15.00                        | For Host State           | Odisha                   |
|        7 | Penagaddppa                   | Telangana      |                         110.87 | NA                           | For Host State           | Telangana                |
|        8 | Gourangdih ABC                | West Bengal    |                         131.7  | 2.50                         | For Host State           | West Bengal              |
|        9 | Anesttipali                   | Telangana      |                          26.89 | NA                           |                          |                          |
|       10 | Kosar Dongergaon              | Maharashtra    |                          22.63 | 0.30                         | 0.30                     | 0.30                     |
|       11 | Madanpur South                | Chhattisgarh   |                          86.82 | 5.40                         | 5.40                     | 5.40                     |
|       12 | Mednirai                      | Jharkhand      |                          80.83 | 2.50                         | 2.50                     | 2.50                     |
|       13 | Punkula-Chilka                | Telangana      |                          38    | Other than Host State NA     | Other than Host State NA | Other than Host State NA |
|       14 | Sahapur East                  | Madhya Pradesh |                          64    | 0.70                         | 0.70                     | 0.70                     |
|       15 | Sahapur West                  | Madhya Pradesh |                          38    | 0.60                         | 0.60                     | 0.60                     |
|       16 | Suliyari                      | Madhya Pradesh |                         142    | 5.00                         | 5.00                     | 5.00                     |

## Annexure