Lok Sabha Question No. 1517 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-19
Subject: Sampling Activity
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: R.P. MARUTHARAJAA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1517 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.12.2018

## Sampling Activity

## 1517.   SHRI R.P. MARUTHARAJAA:

Will the MINISTER OF COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) The details of the sampling activities carried at  different Subsidiaries of CIL and SCCL by different Government/ institutions/ laboratories under the supervision of CCO Kolkata and its regional offices; and
- (b) the details of  name of coal company, name of sampling agencies and total no. of teams deputed for sampling activities?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COAL ( SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a): As informed by CCO, Kolkata, the activity of sampling and analysis for mines of Coal India  Ltd  and  SCCL  was  given  to  different  Government  Agencies/  Academic  Institutions and the  same  work  has  been  completed  by  middle  of  March,  2017.  Based  on  the  sample analysis results, final grade of coal was determined for 2017-18.

No. of Mines given for sampling and analysis:-

| SI. No.   | Subsidiary of CIL   |   No. of Mines |
|-----------|---------------------|----------------|
| 1.        | ECL                 |             93 |
| 2.        | BCCL                |             48 |
| 3.        | MCL                 |             21 |
| 4.        | NEC                 |              4 |
| 5.        | SECL                |             79 |
| 6.        | CCL                 |             61 |
| 7.        | NCL                 |             10 |
| 8.        | WCL                 |             76 |
| TOTAL     | CIL                 |            392 |
| 9.        | SCCL                |             48 |

(b): Details  of  sampling  activities  carried  at  different  subsidiaries  of  CIL  and  SCCL  by different Govt. Institutions/ Laboratory are as under:

|   SI | Name of Coal Company   | Name of Sampling Agency                                         |   Total No. of Teams deputed for sampling |
|------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|    1 | ECL                    | Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur |                                         6 |
|    2 | BCCL                   | IIT(Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad                            |                                         4 |
|    3 | CCL                    | IIT(Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad                            |                                         4 |
|    4 | NCL                    | IIT (BHU), Varanasi                                             |                                         1 |
|    5 | WCL                    | IIT, Guwahati                                                   |                                         8 |
|    6 | SECL                   | IIT(Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad                            |                                         8 |
|    7 | MCL                    | IIT, Guwahati                                                   |                                         4 |
|    8 | NEC                    | IIT, Guwahati                                                   |                                         2 |
|    9 | Total CIL              |                                                                 |                                        37 |
|   10 | SCCL                   | India Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad               |                                         3 |

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