Lok Sabha Question No. 1983 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-27
Subject: Demand/Production of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: MANSHANKAR NINAMA, SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY, RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK, BHARAT SINGH, KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1983 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2017

## Demand /Production of Coal

## 1983. SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA:

SHRI SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY:

DR. RAMESH PUKHRIYAL 'NISHANK':

SHRI BHARAT SINGH:

SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the demand,production and supply of coal in the country during each of the last three years and the current year, company and State-wise;
- (b) the  quantity  of  coalexported  by  Coal  India  Limited  (CIL)  during  the said period;
- (c) whether the CIL is able to meet the demand of coal in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of the storage facility available with CIL for storage of coal;
- (e) whether  the  CIL  is  not  enhancing  its  installed  capacity  to  meet  the domestic demand of coal and if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) whether  the  Government  is  considering  any  long-term  policy  for making the country self-reliant in the coal sector and if so the details thereof along with the time by which the country is likely to become self-reliant?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a): The all India demand, production and domestic supply of coal during last three years and the current year is given below:-

| Year                                        | 2014-15                                     | 2015-16                                     | 2016-17                                     | 2017-18                                     |
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| Total demand (Actual ) (MT)                 | 822.13                                      | 836.72                                      | 838.68                                      | 908.40*                                     |
| Production (MT)                             | 609.18                                      | 639.23                                      | 659.27                                      | 145.57@                                     |
| Total domestic Supply (MT)                  | 604.35                                      | 632.77                                      | 647.73 (Prov.)                              | 165.14 @                                    |
| *Estimated by Niti Aayog. @ April-June 2017 | *Estimated by Niti Aayog. @ April-June 2017 | *Estimated by Niti Aayog. @ April-June 2017 | *Estimated by Niti Aayog. @ April-June 2017 | *Estimated by Niti Aayog. @ April-June 2017 |

Company-wise production and offtake of coal during last three years and current year is as under:

(in million tonnes)

| Com.         | 2014-15    | 2014-15   | 2015-16    | 2015-16   | 2016-17    | 2016-17   | 2017-18 April-June 2017   | 2017-18 April-June 2017   |
|--------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|              | Production | Off-take  | Production | Off-take  | Production | Off-take  | Production                | Off-take                  |
| ECL 40.01    | 38.47      | 40.21     |            | 38.61     | 40.52      | 42.99     | 8.87                      | 9.52                      |
| BCCL 34.51   | 33.67      | 35.86     | 36.14      | 37.04     | 34.90      |           | 6.84                      | 7.79                      |
| CCL 55.64    | 55.34      | 61.32     | 59.58      | 67.04     | 60.92      | 10.18     | 15.95                     |                           |
| 72.48        | 73.69      | 80.22     | 78.53      | 84.10     | 83.46      | 21.20     | 21.77                     | NCL                       |
| 41.15        | 41.25      | 44.82     | 42.31      | 45.63     | 39.46      | 8.13      | 11.14                     | WCL                       |
| 128.28       | 123.22     | 137.93    | 138.75     | 140.00    | 137.65     | 31.72     | 37.57                     | SECL                      |
| 121.38       | 123.00     | 137.90    | 140.23     | 139.21    | 143.01     | 31.85     | 33.36                     | MCL                       |
| NEC 0.78     | 0.73       | 0.49      | 0.34       | 0.60      | 0.78       | 0.07      | 0.21                      |                           |
| CIL 494.23   | 489.38     | 538.75    | 534.50     | 554.13    | 543.16     | 118.84    | 137.30                    |                           |
| SCCL 52.54   | 52.73      | 60.38     | 58.72      | 61.34     | 60.82      | 14.34     | 15.57                     |                           |
| Others 62.41 | 62.25      | 40.10     | 39.67      | 43.79     | 43.75      | 12.39     |                           | 12.26                     |
| Total 609.18 | 604.35     | 639.23    | 632.78     | 659.27    | 647.73     | 145.57    |                           | 165.14                    |

State- wise coal production for the last three years and the current year is as below:

( in million tonnes )

| STATE          | 2014-15       | 2015-16   |   2016-17 |   2017-18 April-June |
|----------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|
| West Bengal    | 29.970 25.751 |           |    27.998 |                6.503 |
| Jharkhand      | 124.143       | 121.067   |   126.511 |               22.254 |
| Chhattisgarh   | 134.764       | 130.605   |   138.232 |               31.182 |
| Odisha         | 123.627       | 138.461   |   139.203 |               31.918 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 87.609        | 107.714   |   108.549 |               26.859 |
| Maharashtra    | 38.257        | 38.351    |    37.06  |                7.171 |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 14.957        | 12.689    |    16.057 |                3.501 |
| Assam          | 0.779         | 0.487     |     0.6   |                0.066 |
| Meghalaya      | 2.524         | 3.712     |     3.712 |                1.777 |
| J&K            | 0.013         | 0.013     |     0.012 |                0.003 |
| Telangana      | 52.536        | 60.380    |    61.336 |               14.336 |
| Total          | 609.179       | 639.230   |   659.27  |              145.57  |

(b): The quantity of coal exported by CIL during the last three years i.e. 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 is given below:

| Year                               | Quantity of coal Exported (in Million tonnes)   |
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 2014-15                            | 0.007                                           |
| 2015-16                            | 0.014                                           |
| 2016-17 (provisional)              | 0.000                                           |
| (Source: Director's Report of CIL) | (Source: Director's Report of CIL)              |

(c): On account of enhanced production by CIL, the country has moved from a regime of coal scarcity to a coal surplus situation. The vendible stock of CIL has increased form 53.62 Mt. as on 01.04.2015 to 61.92 Mt. as on 01.04.2017. The off-take / dispatch of coal of CIL has also increased from 488.86 Mt in 2014-15 to 542.82 Mt. in 2016-17. The vendible stock of CIL even on 01.07.2017 was 49.90 Mt.

(d): The ground on which coal is likely to be stacked is properly surveyed and coal is stacked at pre-fixed locations certified by Area GM/CGM.

(e): As replied to part (c) of the question.

(f): Coal  production  by  CIL  is  likely  to  further  increase  due  to  planned enhancement  in  productivity  and  deployment  of  Heavy  Earth  Moving Machineries.  CIL has envisaged to enhance its coal production to the level of 908.10 Mt. by the year 2019-20 from a level of production of 554.13 Mt. in 2016-17 to meet the demand of coal in the country. Increased domestic availability of coal has translated into reduction in imports, which has come down from a level of 217.78 Mt. in 2014-15 to 190.95 Mt. (P) in 2016-17. However,  coal  will  continue  to  be  imported  in  the  country  as  the  country does  not  produce  sufficient  quantity  of  coking  coal.  Further,  coal  is  also imported by import based thermal power plants set up in the country.