Lok Sabha Question No. 720 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-20
Subject: Target for Production of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: KAMLA DEVI PATLE, HARI NARAYAN RAJBHAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 720 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2017

## Target for Production of Coal

## 720. SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE: SHRI HARINARAYAN RAJBHAR:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Coal  India  Limited  (CIL)  has  failed  to  achieve  the  targets  set  for  the production of coal during the Twelfth Five Year Plan;
- (b) if so, the targets set and achieved during the said period and the current year, year and company-wise;
- (c) the reasons for non-achievement of targets;
- (d) whether the Government has formulated any scheme for increasing the production of coal during the next Five Years; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a)&(b): Coal  India  Limited  (CIL)  has  increased  its  production  from  462.41  Mt  in 2013-14 to 554.14 Mt in 2016-17. The increase of 91.73 Mt. in actual production achieved by CIL in the last three years took almost seven years to achieve before 2013-14.

The company-wise targets and achievement of Coal India Limited (CIL) during the Twelfth Five Year Plan is as under.

|       | XII Five Year Plan   | XII Five Year Plan   | XII Five Year Plan   | XII Five Year Plan   | XII Five Year Plan   | XII Five Year Plan   | XII Five Year Plan   | XII Five Year Plan   | XII Five Year Plan   | XII Five Year Plan   |               |                     |
|-------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------|---------------------|
|       | 2012-13              | 2012-13              | 2013-14              | 2013-14              | 2014-15              | 2014-15              | 2015-16              | 2015-16              | 2016-17              | 2016-17              | 2017-18       | 2017-18             |
| Com.  | Target               | Actual               | Target               | Actual               | Target               | Actual               | Target               | Actual               | Target               | Actual (Prov)        | Target Annual | Actual upto June 17 |
| ECL   | 33.00                | 33.90                | 34.50                | 36.05                | 38.00                | 40.01                | 42.13                | 40.21                | 46.94                | 40.52                | 47.00         | 8.87                |
| BCCL  | 31.00                | 31.21                | 32.50                | 32.61                | 34.00                | 34.51                | 35.85                | 35.86                | 37.00                | 37.04                | 40.50         | 6.84                |
| CCL   | 55.00                | 48.06                | 53.50                | 50.02                | 55.00                | 55.65                | 60.60                | 61.32                | 67.00                | 67.05                | 72.00         | 10.18               |
| NCL   | 70.00                | 70.02                | 72.20                | 68.64                | 77.00                | 72.48                | 78.10                | 80.22                | 82.00                | 84.10                | 89.00         | 21.2                |
| WCL   | 45.00                | 42.29                | 44.00                | 39.73                | 44.00                | 41.15                | 45.10                | 44.82                | 48.00                | 45.63                | 48.50         | 8.13                |
| SECL  | 117.00               | 118.22               | 124.30               | 124.26               | 131.00               | 128.28               | 137.00               | 137.93               | 149.67               | 140.00               | 153.00        | 31.72               |
| MCL   | 112.00               | 107.90               | 120.00               | 110.44               | 127.00               | 121.38               | 150.00               | 137.90               | 167.00               | 139.21               | 149.30        | 31.85               |
| NEC   | 1.10                 | 0.61                 | 1.00                 | 0.66                 | 1.00                 | 0.78                 | 1.22                 | 0.49                 | 1.00                 | 0.60                 | 0.70          | 0.07                |
| CIL   | 464.10               | 452.20               | 482.00               | 462.41               | 507.00               | 494.23               | 550.00               | 538.75               | 598.61               | 554.14               | 600.00        | 118.84              |
| %Ach. |                      | 97.4                 |                      | 95.9                 |                      | 97.5                 |                      | 98.0                 |                      | 92.6                 |               | -                   |

(c) to (e): 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.  Production  is  likely  to  further  increase  due  to  planned enhancement  in  productivity  and  deployment  of  Heavy  Earth  Moving  Machineries.  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. As the country does not produce sufficient quantity of coking coal, it continues to be imported. Further, coal is imported by import based thermal power plants set up in the country.