Lok Sabha Question No. 376 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-17
Subject: Reduction in Use of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.376 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.11.2016

## 'Reduction in Use of Coal'

## 376. SHRI RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKER:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Government is trying to reduce the use of coal in power plants and other industries like iron, steel, cement etc;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of coal required for power plants and other industries, as on date; and
- (d) the status of domestic production and imports made, as of now?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE (I/C)FOR COAL, POWER, NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES

## ( SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a)  &  (b): The  Coal  based  generation  as  well  as  consumption  of  coal  have  been consistently  increasing  during  the  preceding  years.  However,  the  government  is  now focusing on capacity addition of Renewable Energy Sources to meet the demand and to reduce dependency on coal for generation of electricity.

The coal based generation and coal consumption (reported by power utilities) by the power utilities during the last three years and current year (Apr'16 to Sep'16) are as under: -

| Year                  |   Coal based Generation (BUs) | Growth (%)   |   Coal Consumption (Million Tonnes) | Growth (%)   |
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|--------------|-------------------------------------|--------------|
| 2013-14               |                        713.85 | -            |                              489.4  | -            |
| 2014-15               |                        800.33 | 12.11        |                              530.4  | 8.38         |
| 2015-16               |                        862.02 | 7.71         |                              545.9  | 2.92         |
| 2015-16 (Upto Sep'15) |                        412.72 | -            |                              265.05 | -            |
| 2016-17 (Upto Sep'16) |                        440.98 | 6.85         |                              279.45 | 5.43         |

In the non-regulated sector, that includes Cement, Sponge Iron, Captive Power Plant, Others, there has been a linkage auction of 22.14 MTPA in 2016-17 (till October, 2016) under the policy  of  linkage  auction.    There  is  an  increase  of  about  10  MTPA  in  coal linkage to non-regulated sector.

(c): As per initial estimate, coal demand for 2016-17 has been assessed to be 884.87 Million  Tonnes  of  which  598.73  Million  Tonnes  has  been  assessed  to  be  the  coal demand of  power  utility  sector,  91.11  MT  for  Captive  Power,  34.37  MT  for  Cement, 24.05 MT for Sponge Iron and 80.00 for Others.

(d): the status  of  domestic  production  and imports  of  coal  duringthe last  three years and current year is givenin the table given below:

| All India Domestic Production and Import of Coal (in million tonnes)   | All India Domestic Production and Import of Coal (in million tonnes)   | All India Domestic Production and Import of Coal (in million tonnes)   | All India Domestic Production and Import of Coal (in million tonnes)   | All India Domestic Production and Import of Coal (in million tonnes)   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year                                                                   | 2013-14                                                                | 2014-15                                                                | 2015-16                                                                | 2016-17                                                                |
| Production                                                             | 565.77                                                                 | 609.18                                                                 | 639.23*                                                                | 330.65#                                                                |
| Import                                                                 | 166.86                                                                 | 217.78                                                                 | 199.88*                                                                | 86.59@                                                                 |
| *(Provisional) # (upto October, 2016),@ (Upto August, 2016)            | *(Provisional) # (upto October, 2016),@ (Upto August, 2016)            | *(Provisional) # (upto October, 2016),@ (Upto August, 2016)            | *(Provisional) # (upto October, 2016),@ (Upto August, 2016)            | *(Provisional) # (upto October, 2016),@ (Upto August, 2016)            |

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