Lok Sabha Question No. 442 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-19
Subject: Coal Shortage in Power Plants
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.442

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2018

## COAL SHORTAGE IN POWER PLANTS

†442.  SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether presently there is a shortage of coal in the various power plants of the country particularly in Badarpur, Jhajjar and Dadri power plants;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether a possibility of power crisis has been predicted in many States of the country particularly in Delhi, due to shortage of coal; and
- (d) if so, the details of the effective steps taken by the Government to tackle this problem?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

- (a) & (b) :  As on 12.07.2018, the total coal stock available at 117 power plants monitored in Central Electricity Authority (CEA) on daily basis, was 15.2 Million Tonnes (MT) which is sufficient to run the power plants for an average of 10 days. The  status  of  coal  stock  available  at  the  Badarpur,  Jhajjar  and  Dadri  thermal power plants, as on 12.07.2018 is given at Annex.
- (c) & (d) : As  the  growth  in  supply  of  coal  to  power  sector  by  domestic  coal companies including captive mine have been around 16% during the current year 2018-19 (upto May 18), the power plants have been able to meet the electricity demand  in  the  country  and  also  improve  the  coal  stock  from  7.26  MT  as  on 19.10.2017  to  15.2  MT  as  on  12.07.2018.  Thus,  at  present,  no  power  crisis  has been predicted in the country.

The  coal  supply  to  the  power  plants  and  coal  stock  position  is regularly monitored by Ministry of Power (MoP), Ministry of Coal (MoC) & Ministry of Railways (MoR) at the highest level. Secretary (MoP), Secretary (MoC) and the Member (Traffic), Ministry of Railways monitor the coal supply position. Hon'ble Minister of State (I/C) of Power & NRE has also taken meetings to review the coal supply  position.  An  Inter-Ministerial  Sub-Group  comprising  representatives  of Ministry of Coal, Ministry of Power, Ministry of Railways, CEA, Coal India Limited (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) monitors the coal supply position  on  a  weekly  basis.  Based  on  the  decisions  taken  in  the  meeting, CIL/SCCL  augment  supply  of  coal  and  the  Railways  supply  adequate  number  of rakes to the power plants having less coal stock.

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ANNEX ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.    442  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 19.07.2018. ***************

Daily coal requirement and coal stock available at the Badarpur, Jhajjar and Dadri thermal power plants, as on 12.07.2018

| Plant Name   |   Daily Requirement (in '000T) Stock (in '000T) |   Daily Requirement (in '000T) Stock (in '000T) |   Stock (in Days) |
|--------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| Badarpur     |                                            6.05 |                                           22.79 |                 4 |
| Jhajjar      |                                           12.87 |                                           89.3  |                 7 |
| Dadri        |                                           19.46 |                                           46.98 |                 2 |

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