Lok Sabha Question No. 1399 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-19
Subject: Shortage of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: BANSHILAL MAHTO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1399 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.12.2018

## Shortage of Coal

1399.  DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the position of India in the world in coal production;
- (b) whether there is shortage of coal in the country at present;
- (c) the production, demand, supply and import of coal by Coal India Limited and its subsidiary companies during each of the last three years and the current year, company-wise and State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has taken any steps to promote private investment in coal sector and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to stop the import of coal in the country; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): As  per  International  Energy  Agency  (IEA),  India  was  the  third  largest  coal producer in the world during 2016-17.
- (b): There is no shortage of coal  in the Country. As on 1.04.2018 the vendible stock of coal was 55.6 MT and as on 15.12.2018 coal stock was 22.93 MT with CIL.  All India raw coal production has increased from 565.77 MT in 2013-14 to 676.48 MT in 201718. The all India coal production during April-Nov. 2018 was 433.90 MT with a growth of 9.8% over the corresponding period of the previous year 2017-18.
- (c): The all India demand of coal,  production,  supply and import of coal by Coal India Limited (CIL) and its subsidiaries  during last three years and current year i.e. 2018 upto November, 2018 is given below:-

| Year                            |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 | 2018-19   |
|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Total demand (Mte) $            |    822.36 |    884.87 |    908.4  | 991.35    |
| Total domestic Production (Mte) |    639.23 |    657.87 |    676.48 | 433.90@   |
| Total domestic Supply (Mte)     |    632.44 |    644.56 |    691.42 | 471.70@   |
| Total Import (Mte)              |    203.95 |    190.95 |    208.27 | 111.60#   |
| Import by CIL (Mte)             |      0.36 |      0    |      0    | 0.00      |

$ All India Estimated by NitiAayog   @ Upto November, 2018    # upto September, 2018

Subsidiary-wise and State-wise raw coal production of Coal India Limited during each of the last three years and current year is given below:

(in Million Tonnes)

| Sub.Co.               | STATE          |   2015-16 | 2016-17       | 2017-18       | 2018-19 (April-Nov.) Prov.   |
|-----------------------|----------------|-----------|---------------|---------------|------------------------------|
| West Bengal Jharkhand | 21.161         |    23.583 | 25.605 17.964 | 16.927 11.442 | ECL                          |
| West Bengal Jharkhand |                |    19.047 | 16.934        |               |                              |
| West Bengal Jharkhand | ECL TOTAL      |    40.209 | 40.517        | 43.568        | 28.369                       |
| West Bengal Jharkhand | 2.557          |     2.142 | 1.381         | 0.802         | BCCL                         |
| West Bengal Jharkhand |                |    33.304 | 34.895        | 31.226        | 18.118                       |
| BCCL TOTAL            | 35.861         |    37.037 | 32.607        | 18.920        |                              |
| Jharkhand             | 61.324         |    67.047 | 63.405        | 34.948        | CCL                          |
| Uttar Pradesh         | 12.689         |    16.056 | 18.309        | 12.803        | NCL                          |
| Uttar Pradesh         | Madhya Pradesh |    67.535 | 68.040        | 74.709        | 52.824                       |
|                       | NCL TOTAL      |    80.224 | 84.096        | 93.018        | 65.627                       |
| Madhya Pradesh        | 6.629          |     5.226 | 4.446         | 2.453         | WCL                          |
| Madhya Pradesh        | Maharastra     |    38.187 | 40.406        | 41.774        | 24.093                       |
| Madhya Pradesh        | WCL TOTAL      |    44.815 | 45.632        | 46.220        | 26.546                       |
| Madhya Pradesh        | 13.728         |    11.925 | 12.106        | 7.743         | SECL                         |
| Madhya Pradesh        | Chhattisgarh   |   124.206 | 128.078       | 132.603       | 90.491                       |
| SECL TOTAL            | 137.934        |   140.003 | 144.708       | 98.234        |                              |
| Odisha                | 137.901        |   139.208 | 143.058       | 85.333        | MCL                          |
| Assam                 | 0.486          |     0.6   | 0.781         | 0.348         | NEC                          |
| CIL                   | CIL            |   538.754 | 554.140       | 567.365       | 358.325                      |

State-wise company-wise despatches of coal and coal products during last three years and for 2018-19(till Nov) is attached as Annexure-A.

(d): Under the provisions of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act. 2015, and Rules made  thereunder,  so  far  25  coal  mines  (24  to  private  companies  and  1  to  a Government Company) have been  allocated  through  Electronic Auction  till  date.The methodology for auction of coal mines / blocks for sale of coal under the provisions of the CM (SP) Act, 2015 and the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957  [MM(DR) Act, 1957] has been approved by the Government and Order in this regard has been issued on 27.2.2018.

(e)&(f): As  per  the  current  import  policy,  coal  is  kept  under  Open  General  License (OGL) and consumers are free to import coal from the source of their choice as per their contractual prices on payment of applicable duty. There has been a consistent effort  to  increase  domestic  coal  production  so  as  to  reduce  dependence  on  coal imports. The all India raw coal production has increased from 565.77 MT in 2013-14 to 676.48 MT in 2017-18. Absolute increase in all India coal production from 2013-14 to  2017-18 (four years) is 110.71 MT as compared to increase of coal production of 33.73 MT from 2009-10 to 2013-14 (four years).

Coal India Limited (CIL) has also increased its production from 462.41 MT in 2013-14 to 567.36 MT in 2017-18 (four years), an absolute increase of 105 MT as compared to increase of coal production of 31.15 MT between 2009-10 and 2013-14 (four years).

Further, in the current year during April-November, 2018, all India coal production was 433.90 MT with a growth rate of 9.8% and coal production of CIL was 358.32 MT with a growth rate of 8.8% over the corresponding period of previous year.

However,  coking  coal  will  continue  to  be  imported  as  there  is  limited  availability  of coking coal in the country. Further, power plants designed on imported coal will also continue to import coal.

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## State- Wise Coal Company wise despatch of Coal & Coal Products

(in Million tonnes)

| States        | Subsidiary   |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (Upto Nov'18) (Provisional) |
|---------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------------|
| Bihar         | ECL          |      4.36 |     15.01 |     14.04 |                                  8.87 |
| Bihar         | BCCL         |      0.08 |      0.13 |      0.25 |                                  0.38 |
| Bihar         | CCL          |      1.73 |      2.45 |      4.6  |                                  2.3  |
| Bihar         | NCL          |      0.99 |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Bihar         | WCL          |      0    |      0.44 |      0    |                                  0    |
| Bihar         | SECL         |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Bihar         | MCL          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Bihar         | NEC          |      0    |      0.02 |      0    |                                  0    |
| Bihar         | TOTAL        |      7.16 |     18.04 |     18.89 |                                 11.55 |
| West Bengal   | ECL          |     17.18 |     18.79 |     19.56 |                                 14.7  |
| West Bengal   | BCCL         |     16.55 |     17.54 |     14.45 |                                  8.77 |
| West Bengal   | CCL          |      1.23 |      2.89 |      3.54 |                                  1.68 |
| West Bengal   | NCL          |      0.13 |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| West Bengal   | WCL          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| West Bengal   | SECL         |      0.1  |      0.06 |      0.01 |                                  0    |
| West Bengal   | MCL          |     10.84 |     10.77 |      8.76 |                                  6.01 |
| West Bengal   | NEC          |      0.18 |      0.44 |      0.36 |                                  0.11 |
| West Bengal   | TOTAL        |     46.22 |     50.5  |     46.68 |                                 31.28 |
| Uttar Pradesh | ECL          |      1.53 |      1.39 |      1.31 |                                  1.39 |
| Uttar Pradesh | BCCL         |      6.92 |      6.68 |      5.72 |                                  2.53 |
| Uttar Pradesh | CCL          |     22.45 |     20.74 |     20.98 |                                 13.56 |
| Uttar Pradesh | NCL          |     50.28 |     56.58 |     60.75 |                                 40.53 |
| Uttar Pradesh | WCL          |      0.66 |      0.29 |      1.29 |                                  0.16 |
| Uttar Pradesh | SECL         |      0.01 |      1.18 |      0.94 |                                  0.73 |
| Uttar Pradesh | MCL          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0.01 |
| Uttar Pradesh | NEC          |      0.03 |      0.03 |      0.02 |                                  0    |
| Uttar Pradesh | TOTAL        |     81.87 |     86.89 |     91.01 |                                 58.9  |
| Odisha        | ECL          |      0.02 |      1.3  |      0.76 |                                  0.44 |
| Odisha        | BCCL         |      0.14 |      0.19 |      0.2  |                                  0    |
| Odisha        | CCL          |      0.18 |      0.36 |      1.59 |                                  1.04 |
| Odisha        | NCL          |      0    |      0    |      0.1  |                                  0    |
| Odisha        | WCL          |      0    |      0    |      0.29 |                                  0.04 |
| Odisha        | SECL         |      0.12 |      0.05 |      0.59 |                                  0.97 |
| Odisha        | MCL          |     71.06 |     73.79 |     66.83 |                                 42.26 |
| Odisha        | NEC          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Odisha        | TOTAL        |     71.52 |     75.69 |     70.36 |                                 44.74 |

| States         | Subsidiary   |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (Upto Nov'18) (Provisional) |
|----------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------------|
| Madhya Pradesh | ECL          |      0.35 |      1.01 |      0    |                                  0    |
|                | BCCL         |      0    |      0    |      0.09 |                                  0.34 |
|                | CCL          |      1.44 |      1.24 |      1.95 |                                  1.02 |
|                | NCL          |     21.95 |     22.98 |     29.56 |                                 20.04 |
|                | WCL          |      6.4  |      5.08 |      4.79 |                                  4.97 |
|                | SECL         |     14.03 |     11.11 |     15.74 |                                 12.86 |
|                | MCL          |      0    |      0.04 |      0.28 |                                  0.2  |
|                | NEC          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
|                | TOTAL        |     44.15 |     41.46 |     52.4  |                                 39.42 |
| Maharashtra    | ECL          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0.12 |
| Maharashtra    | BCCL         |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0.82 |
| Maharashtra    | CCL          |      0    |      0.01 |      0.17 |                                  0.13 |
| Maharashtra    | NCL          |      0.02 |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Maharashtra    | WCL          |     25.38 |     28.02 |     37.81 |                                 27.25 |
| Maharashtra    | SECL         |     21.34 |     20.02 |     16.92 |                                 11.77 |
| Maharashtra    | MCL          |      6.85 |      0.36 |      3.62 |                                  3.88 |
| Maharashtra    | TOTAL        |     53.59 |     48.41 |     58.53 |                                 43.96 |
| Gujarat        | BCCL         |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Gujarat        | CCL          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Gujarat        | WCL          |      1.67 |      1.08 |      2.8  |                                  1.14 |
| Gujarat        | SECL         |     12.06 |      9.44 |     10.91 |                                  8.94 |
| Gujarat        | NEC          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Gujarat        | MCL          |      4.04 |      2.83 |      3.54 |                                  2.3  |
| Gujarat        | TOTAL        |     17.77 |     13.35 |     17.25 |                                 12.38 |
| Rajasthan      | ECL          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Rajasthan      | BCCL         |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Rajasthan      | CCL          |      0.05 |      0.04 |      0.02 |                                  0.01 |
| Rajasthan      | NCL          |      2.48 |      2.02 |      3.54 |                                  3.65 |
| Rajasthan      | WCL          |      0.04 |      0    |      0.09 |                                  0.08 |
| Rajasthan      | SECL         |     11.07 |      8.02 |      7.19 |                                  5.34 |
| Rajasthan      | MCL          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Rajasthan      | NEC          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Rajasthan      | TOTAL        |     13.65 |     10.08 |     10.84 |                                  9.07 |
| Delhi          | ECL          |      1.57 |      0.5  |      0    |                                  0    |
| Delhi          | BCCL         |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Delhi          | CCL          |      1.08 |      1.19 |      1.08 |                                  1    |
| Delhi          | NCL          |      0.1  |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Delhi          | WCL          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Delhi          | SECL         |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Delhi          | TOTAL        |      2.74 |      1.69 |      1.08 |                                  1    |

| States         | Subsidiary   |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (Upto Nov'18) (Provisional) |
|----------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------------|
| Punjab         | ECL          |      0.01 |      0    |      0.04 |                                  0.02 |
| Punjab         | BCCL         |      1.54 |      1.29 |      1.39 |                                  1.14 |
| Punjab         | CCL          |      3.9  |      1.32 |      1.07 |                                  2.5  |
| Punjab         | WCL          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Punjab         | SECL         |      5.22 |      5.7  |      5.25 |                                  3.27 |
| Punjab         | MCL          |      1.83 |      4.89 |      4.79 |                                  4.28 |
| Punjab         | NEC          |      0.01 |      0.03 |      0.03 |                                  0    |
| Punjab         | TOTAL        |     12.51 |     13.22 |     12.56 |                                 11.21 |
| Haryana        | ECL          |      1.05 |      0.31 |      1.6  |                                  1.3  |
| Haryana        | BCCL         |      3.03 |      1.28 |      2.67 |                                  1.43 |
| Haryana        | CCL          |      5.19 |      6.12 |      7.13 |                                  5.22 |
| Haryana        | NCL          |      2.58 |      1.92 |      2.93 |                                  2.4  |
| Haryana        | WCL          |      0.29 |      0.17 |      0.08 |                                  0.02 |
| Haryana        | SECL         |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Haryana        | MCL          |      1.9  |      2.06 |      0.85 |                                  0.51 |
| Haryana        | NEC          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Haryana        | TOTAL        |     14.03 |     11.86 |     15.26 |                                 10.88 |
| Tamilnadu      | ECL          |      1.47 |      2.24 |      3.6  |                                  1.84 |
| Tamilnadu      | WCL          |      0    |      0    |      0.01 |                                  0    |
| Tamilnadu      | CCL          |      0    |      0.19 |      0.74 |                                  0.36 |
| Tamilnadu      | MCL          |     18.9  |     16.52 |     18.56 |                                 13.63 |
| Tamilnadu      | TOTAL        |     20.38 |     18.94 |     22.91 |                                 15.83 |
| Andhra Pradesh | ECL          |      0.37 |      1.18 |      1.44 |                                  0.65 |
| Andhra Pradesh | BCCL         |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0.04 |
| Andhra Pradesh | CCL          |      0.41 |      0.48 |      0.67 |                                  0.25 |
| Andhra Pradesh | WCL          |      0.06 |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Andhra Pradesh | SECL         |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0.01 |
| Andhra Pradesh | MCL          |     18.5  |     23.22 |     24.16 |                                 14.9  |
| Andhra Pradesh | TOTAL        |     19.34 |     24.87 |     26.27 |                                 15.84 |
| Telangana      | SECL         |      0.17 |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Telangana      | MCL          |      0.14 |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Telangana      | CCL          |      0    |      0    |      0.76 |                                  0    |
| Telangana      | TOTAL        |      0.32 |      0    |      0.76 |                                  0    |
| Karnataka      | BCCL         |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Karnataka      | WCL          |      2.44 |      2.11 |      1.56 |                                  0.98 |
| Karnataka      | SECL         |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
| Karnataka      | MCL          |      4.11 |      2.72 |      2.88 |                                  1.85 |
| Karnataka      | TOTAL        |      6.55 |      4.83 |      4.44 |                                  2.83 |
| Kerala         | MCL          |      0.05 |      0.02 |      0    |                                  0    |

| States           | Subsidiary   |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (Upto Nov'18) (Provisional) |
|------------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------------|
| J& K             | ECL          |      0.03 |      0.01 |      0.03 |                                  0    |
|                  | BCCL         |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
|                  | CCL          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
|                  | WCL          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
|                  | SECL         |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
|                  | NEC          |      0    |      0    |      0.01 |                                  0    |
|                  | TOTAL        |      0.03 |      0.01 |      0.04 |                                  0    |
| Himachal Pradesh | ECL          |      0    |      0    |      0.03 |                                  0    |
|                  | BCCL         |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
|                  | WCL          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
|                  | SECL         |      0.07 |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
|                  | NEC          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
|                  | TOTAL        |      0.07 |      0    |      0.03 |                                  0    |
| Assam            | NEC          |      0.11 |      0.24 |      0.38 |                                  0.25 |
|                  | ECL          |      0.11 |      0.68 |      0.53 |                                  0.57 |
|                  | BCCL         |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
|                  | CCL          |      0    |      0    |      0.11 |                                  0.15 |
|                  | WCL          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
|                  | TOTAL        |      0.23 |      0.92 |      1.02 |                                  0.97 |
| Chattisgarh      | ECL          |      0.01 |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
|                  | BCCL         |      0.16 |      0.38 |      0.21 |                                  0.15 |
|                  | CCL          |      0.68 |      0.4  |      0.79 |                                  0.55 |
|                  | NCL          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
|                  | WCL          |      0.1  |      0    |      0.07 |                                  0.09 |
|                  | SECL         |     54.66 |     62.05 |     70.42 |                                 58.58 |
|                  | MCL          |      0.91 |      4.82 |      3.44 |                                  1.85 |
|                  | NEC          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
|                  | TOTAL        |     56.52 |     67.66 |     74.93 |                                 61.22 |
| Jharkand         | ECL          |     10.32 |      0.4  |      0.45 |                                  0.34 |
|                  | BCCL         |      7.74 |      7.19 |      8.41 |                                  6.45 |
|                  | CCL          |     21    |     22.72 |     23.33 |                                 13.52 |
|                  | WCL          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
|                  | SECL         |      0.04 |      0.02 |      0.02 |                                  0.01 |
|                  | MCL          |      1.1  |      0.96 |      0.55 |                                  0.2  |
|                  | NEC          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
|                  | TOTAL        |     40.2  |     31.29 |     32.77 |                                 20.52 |
| Uttaranchal      | ECL          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
|                  | BCCL         |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |
|                  | CCL          |      0.58 |      0.46 |      0.31 |                                  0    |
|                  | NCL          |      0    |      0    |      0    |                                  0    |

|                    | WCL   |   0.00 |   0.00 |   0.00 |   0.00 |
|--------------------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|                    | SECL  |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|                    | NEC   |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|                    | MCL   |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|                    | TOTAL |   0.58 |   0.46 |   0.31 |   0    |
| Nagaland           | ECL   |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|                    | NEC   |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|                    | TOTAL |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| GOA                | SECL  |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|                    | WCL   |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| Arunachal Pradesh  | ECL   |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|                    | NEC   |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|                    | CCL   |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| Manipur            | NEC   |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| Meghalaya          | NEC   |   0    |   0.02 |   0.08 |   0    |
| Mizoram            | NEC   |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| Tripura            | NEC   |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| Others             | ECL   |   0.01 |   0    |   0.05 |   0.02 |
|                    | BCCL  |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|                    | CCL   |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|                    | NCL   |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|                    | WCL   |   5.31 |   2.29 |   0    |   0.01 |
|                    | SECL  |  19.82 |  20.01 |  23.11 |   0    |
|                    | MCL   |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0.2  |
|                    | TOTAL |  25.15 |  22.3  |  23.16 |   0.23 |
|                    | ECL   |  38.38 |  42.81 |  43.43 |  30.25 |
| Coal India Limited | BCCL  |  36.16 |  34.68 |  33.38 |  22.05 |
|                    | CCL   |  59.9  |  60.58 |  68.84 |  43.27 |
|                    | NCL   |  78.53 |  83.49 |  96.77 |  66.61 |
|                    | WCL   |  42.35 |  39.49 |  48.79 |  34.72 |
|                    | SECL  | 138.74 | 137.66 | 151.09 | 102.48 |
|                    | MCL   | 140.23 | 143.01 | 138.26 |  92.08 |
|                    | NEC   |   0.34 |   0.78 |   0.89 |   0.36 |
|                    | TOTAL | 534.62 | 542.49 | 581.47 | 391.82 |

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