Lok Sabha Question No. 329 (STARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: Shortage of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 329 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08/12/2016

## Shortage of Coal

*329.  SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the  production,  demand  and  supply  of  coal  by  the  Coal  India Limited (CIL) and its subsidiaries during the last three years and
- (b)
- (c)
- (d) Government to meet the demand for coal in the country?

the current year, company and State-wise; whether there is shortage of coal in the country and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; whether CIL is not able to  increase  its  production  capacity  for meeting  the  domestic  demand  of  coal  and  if  so,  the  details thereof and the reasons therefor; and whether the coal reserves are getting exhausted in the country and if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  being  taken  by  the

## Answer

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

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the table of the House.
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## STATEMENT IN REPLY TO STARRED QUESTION NO. 329 FOR ANSWER ON  08.12.2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI  CHANDRAKANT  KHAIRE  REGARDING SHORTAGE OF COAL.

- (a): Demand  of  coal  is  not  estimated  separately  for  CIL.  However,  the subsidiary-wise      production  of  coal  and  off-take  by  CIL  for  the  last  three years and current year are given as under:

( in MT )

| Com.            | 2016-17 (APR-OCT) Prov.)   | 2016-17 (APR-OCT) Prov.)   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2014-15     | 2014-15         | 2013-14         | 2013-14         |
|-----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| Com.            | Prod.                      | Offtake                    | Prod.     | Offtake   | Prod.       | Offtake         | Prod.           | Offtake         |
| ECL 19.586      | 23.316                     |                            | 40.209    | 38.607    | 40.008      | 38.470          | 36.054          | 36.255          |
| BCCL 19.494     | 19.126                     |                            | 35.861    | 36.141    | 34.514      | 33.672          | 32.614          | 34.200          |
| 28.119          | 30.364                     |                            | 61.324    | 55.652    | 55.338      | 50.022          | 52.122          | 59.582          |
| 42.971          | 44.685                     | 80.224                     | 78.532    | 72.484    | 73.693      | 68.639          | 72.111          | CCL NCL         |
| 17.478          | 19.448                     | 44.815                     | 42.310    | 41.147    | 41.246      | 39.729          | 39.945          | WCL             |
| SECL 71.113     | 73.801                     | 137.934                    |           | 138.748   | 128.275     | 123.223         |                 | 124.261 122.027 |
| 74.680          | 81.011                     | 137.901                    |           | 140.234   | 121.379     | 123.003         | 110.439 114.344 | MCL             |
| 0.127           | 0.405                      | 0.486                      |           | 0.342     | 0.779 0.732 | 0.664           |                 | 0.577           |
| NEC CIL 273.568 | 292.156                    | 538.754                    |           | 534.496   | 494.238     | 489.377 462.422 |                 | 471.581         |

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

( in MT )

| STATE          |   2016-17 (APR- OCT) (Prov.) |   2015-16 |   2014-15 |   2013-14 |
|----------------|------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| West Bengal    |                       11.691 |    23.718 |    21.652 |    20.43  |
| Jharkhand      |                       55.508 |   113.675 |   108.521 |    98.26  |
| Chhattisgarh   |                       65.334 |   124.206 |   115.192 |   110.143 |
| Orissa         |                       74.68  |   137.901 |   121.379 |   110.439 |
| Madhya Pradesh |                       43.412 |    87.892 |    76.403 |    73.59  |
| Maharashtra    |                       14.94  |    38.187 |    35.354 |    34.175 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |                        7.876 |    12.689 |    14.957 |    14.721 |
| Assam          |                        0.127 |     0.486 |     0.779 |     0.664 |
| CIL            |                      273.568 |   538.754 |   494.238 |   462.422 |

- (b): There is no reported shortage of coal in the country. The coal stock with Thermal  Power  Plants  (TPPs)  as  on  01  November  2016  was  19.11  MT (equivalent to 14 days' requirement). Further, the vendible stock with CIL as on 01 November 2016 was 38.59 MT.
- (c): Coal India Limited (CIL) has increased its production from 462.41 Mte. in 2013-14  to  538.75  Mte.  in  2015-16.  The  increase  of  76  Mte  in  actual production achieved by CIL in two years is almost 2.4 times more than the cumulative increase in production for the previous 4 years of 31 Mte.

(d): In every year, 3 to 5 billion tonne of coal reserve is being added in Indian Coal inventory as estimated by GSI whereas yearly all India coal production is around  0.7  Bt.  There  is  no  possibility  of  Indian  coal  resources  being exhausted in near future. In order to increase the domestic production of coal to  meet  the  demand  from  indigenous  sources,  the  Government  has  taken a number of steps which include efforts to expedite Environment clearances & Forest  clearances,  pursuing  with  State  Government  for  assistance  in  land acquisition  and  coordinated  effort  with  Railways  for  movement  of  coal.  A roadmap has been  prepared  by  CIL  to  substantially  enhance  production  of coal  by  2019-20.  This  includes  capacity  addition  from  new  projects,  use  of mass production technologies and identification of existing on-going projects with growth potential.

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