Lok Sabha Question No. 4693 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-30
Subject: Overall Development of CIL
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: PR. SENTHILNATHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4693 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03.2017

## Overall Development of CIL

## 4693. SHRI PR.  SENTHIL NATHAN:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a)          whether  the  Union  Government  has  devised  new  initiatives  and  policies  for  the overall development of Coal India Limited (CIL) and its subsidiary companies in the country;
- (b)     if so, the details thereof and the performance of CIL during each of the last three years and the current year, company-wise ;
- (c) whether the Government has chalked out any strategy to disinvest the Government's  shares  in  certain  loss  making  coal  Public  Sector  Undertakings (PSUs) and also acquire certain PSUs by profit making PSUs; and
- (d)      if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL, POWER, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a): CIL  and  its  subsidiaries  have  taken  and  adopted  various  new  initiatives  and  policies  for enhancing its production. Some of the initiatives and policies are as follows:

1. Auction of Linkages for Non-Power sector consumers introduced as per policy guidelines dated 15.02.2016 issued by this Ministry.
2. In 2015-16, Special forward E-auction introduced in terms of this Ministry's guidelines specifically for the power producers.
3. The  ceiling  for  E-auction  has  been  revised  from  present  level  of  around  10%  of  the production up-to 20 % of production.
4. The criteria for annual requirement for supply of coal through State Nominated Agencies (SNA) revised from the level of 4200 TPA to 10,000 TPA.
5. Third Party Sampling facility for power sector through  Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR) introduced as per this Ministry's directive dated 26.11.2015.
6. Price rationalization of higher grade coal was carried out.
7. Performance incentive for supply beyond 90% of Annual contracted quantity (ACQ) has been dispensed with for higher grade coal -G5 and above.
8. Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) rationalization in E-auction scheme. EMD for spot and forward e-auction has been rationalsed to Rs 200/ tonne from existing Rs 400-500/ tonne. For auction exclusive for non-power, it was rationalized to 10% of reserved price.
9. Special forward e-auction for power producers and exclusive e-auction for non-power consumers and given with flexible lifting period.
10. Electronic Service Delivery like E-procurement, E-Reverse Auction , E-payment, Bill Tracking System, Grievance Re-dressal System.
11. Massive modernization plan drawn up for:
- a. Introduction  of  latest  production  technology  like  surface  miners  for  open  cast mines,
- b. Continuous miners for underground mines.
12. Improvement  in  measurement  system  of  Coal  &  Overburden  through  3D  Terrestrial Laser Scanner System adopted in all major mines.
13. Quality  Improvement  Measures  like  setting  up  washeries,  Sizing  of  coal,  Coal  quality monitoring system.
14. Electronic surveillance like GPS/GPRS  based  Vehicle Tracking Service,  OITDS (Operator  Independent  Truck  Dispatch  System),  installation  of  CCTV  at  vulnerable points like entry/exit points, coal stock yards, railway sidings, material stores, explosive magazines and important offices, RFID based boom barriers, Wide Area Networking for connecting  all  the  Mines,  Projects,  Sidings,  Weigh  Bridges  and  HQ  through  dedicated and redundant network for data transfer and Coal-net implementation, installation of inmotion Weigh Bridges with RFID tags, Weigh Bridge connectivity for weight tracking, Geo-fencing of mine areas, Use of UAVs on pilot basis.
15. Internal  Business  Process  Improvements  through  Coal-net  roll  out.  Development  of Project  Monitoring  System,  Land  Management  System,  implementation  of  ERP  for business process.
16. HR  Vision  2020  developed  in  line  with  Corporate  Vision  of  CIL.  Various  initiatives rolled out under 11 strategic areas of HR.
17. HRIS (Human Resource Information System)
18. Online Transfer Module.
19. Online Vigilance & Departmental Clearance System.
20. Comprehensive Training Programme Skill Development.
21. Contract Labour Payment Monitoring system.
22. Attendance through Bio-metric system.
23. Online Recruitment process.
24. Online Project Monitoring mechanism for CSR projects.

## b):  Production  performance  of  CIL  and  its  subsidiaries  for  the  last  three  years  and  the current year is as follows :

(figs in Mt)

| Company   |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (till Feb 17) |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
| ECL       |     36.05 |     40.01 |     40.21 |                   35.9  |
| BCCL      |     32.61 |     34.51 |     35.86 |                   32.82 |
| CCL       |     50.02 |     55.64 |     61.32 |                   55.39 |
| NCL       |     68.64 |     72.48 |     80.22 |                   75.23 |
| WCL       |     39.73 |     41.15 |     44.82 |                   37.43 |
| SECL      |    124.26 |    128.28 |    137.93 |                  125.19 |
| MCL       |    110.44 |    121.38 |    137.9  |                  125.64 |
| NEC       |      0.66 |      0.78 |      0.49 |                    0.45 |
| CIL-Total |    462.42 |    494.23 |    538.75 |                  488.06 |

## CAPEX performance of CIL and its subsidiaries for the last three years and current year is as follows:

(figs in Rs Crs)

| Company            |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (till Feb) |
|--------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|
| ECL                |    408.87 |    686.69 |    754.7  |               695.2  |
| BCCL               |    504.24 |    554.87 |    485.59 |               400.27 |
| CCL                |    657.18 |    595.82 |    638.33 |              1096.46 |
| NCL                |    301.76 |    715.06 |    704.92 |               790.14 |
| WCL                |    287.66 |    518.79 |   1163.47 |               642.78 |
| SECL               |    956.21 |   1058.27 |    890.98 |               933.06 |
| MCL                |    876.84 |    836.5  |   1202.82 |               679.14 |
| CIL& Others*       |    122.47 |     85.08 |     82.16 |                80.96 |
| Master Action Plan |    214.63 |    122.41 |    200.06 |               279.97 |
| Overall CIL        |   4329.86 |   5173.49 |   6123.03 |              5597.98 |

- (c) & (d): At present there is no loss making PSUs under this Ministry. Also, there is no such proposal  to  disinvest  the  Government's  shares  in  certain  loss  making  coal  Public  Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and also acquire certain PSUs by profit making PSUs.

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