Lok Sabha Question No. 433 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-12
Subject: Coal Production
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: RAMSINH PATALYABHAI RATHWA, GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ, MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVNTHI)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.433 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2018

## Coal Production

## 433. SHRI RAMSINH RATHWA: DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN: SHRI MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO(AVANTHI):

## Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is shortage of coal at Power Plants being run in the Public
- Sector as well as in  the Private Sector;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  of  shortage  during  the  last  three  years,  State-wise especially Tamil Nadu;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  import  coal  from  other countries to meet the shortage of coal at power plants;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) the steps being taken by the Government to augment the production and productivity of coal to meet the requirement of the power sector; and
- (f) the further steps taken  by the Government  to  encourage  private investments for coal development particularly for acquiring new technologies?

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

(a)&  (b): In  2018-19 (up to 30.11.2018), Coal India Limited (CIL) supplied 315.94 Million Tonnes (MT) of coal  achieving a growth of more than 8% in coal  supply  to  the  power  sector  over  the  supply  of  291.78  MT  in  the corresponding  period  of  last  year.  Singareni  Collieries  Company  Limited (SCCL) has supplied 35.04 MT of coal to power plants (up to 30.11.2018). The coal based Power generation during the period of April-November 2018, registered a growth of 5.5 % over the generation in the corresponding period of last year. The coal supplied from CIL to the linked plants in the State of Tamil  Nadu  for  the  year  2015-16,  2016-17,  2017-18  and  2018-19(up  to 30.11.2018)  has  been  19.68  MT,  18.68  MT,  22.32  MT  and  15.79  MT respectively.

As on 09.12.2018, the total coal stock available at 124 power plants, which are monitored in Central Electricity Authority (CEA) on daily basis, was 14.4 MT which is sufficient to run the power plants for an average of 9 days.  As per  CEA  report,  coal  based  power  generation  has  been  99.16  %  of  the programme during April-Nov 2018. (C)  &  (d) :  Coal  and  coke,  being  under  Open  General  License  as  per  the import  policy  of  the  Government,  are  imported  by  various  consumers  and traders  as  per  their  requirements.  However,  Ministry  of  Power  has  on 30.05.2018, advised  to Energy Department of State Governments to assess their  requirement  in  respect  of  import  of  coal  and  plan  accordingly. (e) & (f): With the multiple synchronistic efforts including enabling legislation, clear and transparent policy and greater autonomy for constituent  units  with  an  emphasis  on  quality,  safety  and  environment protection, all India raw coal production was increased from 565.77 MT in 2013-14 to 676.48 MT in 2017-18 (4 years), an absolute increase of 110.71 MT as compared to increase of coal production of 33.73 MT between 200910 and 2013-14 (4 years). In  2018-19 (up  to  30.11.2018),  Coal  India  Limited  (CIL)  supplied  315.94 Million  Tonnes  (MT)  of  coal   achieving  a  growth  of  more  than  8%  in  coal supply to the power sector over the supply of 291.78 MT  in the corresponding  period  of  last  year. Singareni  Collieries  Company  Limited (SCCL) has supplied 35.04 MT of coal to power plants (up to 30.11.2018). The  increased  dispatch  during  this  period  has  helped  coal  based  power generation to achieve positive growth of 5.50 % as compared to last year and coal based generation has been 99.16% of the programme. In order to ensure the quality of despatched coal, system of independent 3 rd party sampling of coal supplied to power sector was started. A total quantity of 548 MT of coal from CIL and 53 MT of coal from SCCL is covered under 3 rd  Party Sampling. Specific coal consumption, a measure of coal required to produce a unit of electricity,  has  been  on  the  decline  leading  to  progressively  lesser  fuel requirement for production of a unit of energy. The specific coal consumption in Thermal Power Plants has reduced from 0.714 Kg/Kwh in 2010-11 to 0.642 Kg/Kwh in 2017-18. Further, under the provision of coal Mines (Special Provision) Act, 2015, so far 85 coal Mines have been allocated out of which 48 coal mines  have been allocated for specified end-use Power. Out of these 48 coal mines, 42 have been allocated to Public Sector Companies & 6 to the private sector.

In case of production from CIL, high capacity mines are being planned with deployment of high capacity/high productivity equipment in Open Cast (OC) and  Under  Ground  (UG)  mines.  Such  methods  include  mining  with Continuous Miners and Powered Support Long Wall (PSLW) in UG mining and for OC mining, state of the art HEMMs like 42 cum shovel with 240 T Rear  dumper,  Surface  Miners,  draglines,  Operator  Independent  Truck Dispatch System (OITDS), In-pit crushing and conveying are being introduced.

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