Lok Sabha Question No. 1775 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Irregularity in SECL
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1775 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## Irregularity in SECL

1775.  DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN :

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE :

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV :

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT :

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO :

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK :-

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether serious cases of corruption and irregularity in various projects of South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (SECL) have come to light during the last five years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any inquiry in the matter;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken against those found guilty;
- (e) whether the common people are suffering from serious diseases in the SECL area due to carelessness; and
- (f) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  corrective  action  taken  /  being  taken  by  the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COAL, FINANCE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a to d) :   As informed by Coal India Limited (CIL), serious cases (major penalty cases) of corruption  and  irregularity  in  various  projects  of  South  Eastern  Coalfields  Ltd.  (SECL) during the last five years have come to light and the details of such serious cases investigated by Vigilance Department of SECL are as under :-

| Year    |   Regular Departmental Action initiated |   Number of officials involved |   Major Penalty imposed on number of officials found guilty as per Conduct, Discipline and Appeal Rules of Coal India Ltd. |
|---------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2014-15 |                                      15 |                             74 |                                                                                                                         48 |
| 2015-16 |                                      13 |                             26 |                                                                                                                         23 |
| 2016-17 |                                       5 |                             22 |                                                                                                                         15 |
| 2017-18 |                                       8 |                             22 |                                                                                                                         20 |
| 2018-19 |                                       6 |                             20 |                                                                                                                         12 |

Further, the details of cases of corruption and irregularity registered by CBI during the last five years in various projects of South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (SECL) and their status are as under :-

| Year    | Number of cases registered by CBI   | Number of officials involved   | Present Status of the cases                                                                                                        |
|---------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2014-15 | 7                                   | 22                             | Conviction order issued by CBI Court, Raipur in one case on 29.11.2018, 5 Cases are under trial and 1 case is under investigation. |
| 2015-16 | 1                                   | 1                              | Case under trial at prosecution evidence stage                                                                                     |
| 2016-17 | 5                                   | 17                             | 3 cases under trial and 2 cases are under investigation                                                                            |
| 2017-18 | NIL                                 | NIL                            | NIL                                                                                                                                |
| 2018-19 | 1                                   | 1                              | Case under trial at prosecution evidence stage                                                                                     |

(e & f) : As  informed  by  Coal  India  Ltd.,  common  people  are  not  suffering  from serious diseases in SECL Areas due to mining and allied operations, which are carried out by SECL with due regard to safety and environment. Also no information about such incident has been received at SECL Headquarters till date.

Medical care is provided to all employees and common people through full-fledged medical  department  consisting  of  55  dispensaries,  11  hospitals,  108  Ambulances,  185 Doctors  and  para  medical  personnel.    In  addition  to  that,  SECL  is  providing  Outpatient Department treatment (OPD) for Below Poverty Line (BPL) card holders in all its hospitals and dispensaries.

SECL conducts various camps in the surrounding villages of SECL Areas for disease prevention,  health  and  hygiene  education,  life  style  modification  and  old  age  related problems.  SECL takes proper care for disposal of biomedical waste also.

SECL,  in  its  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR)  Policy  has  kept  provision  to provide medical facilities for land oustees/ project affected persons and those staying within the radius of 25 KMs of the project, as primary beneficiaries.   Wellness centers and CSR Dispensaries are also functioning in all Areas of SECL.

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