Lok Sabha Question No. 1164 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-25
Subject: Coal Production
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: P.R. SUNDARAM, V. SATHYABAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1164 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2018

## Coal Production

## 1164. SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM: SHRIMATI V. SATHYA BAMA:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the current status of coal production, supply and use for the ongoing projects and for the newly proposed projects of Coal India Limited (CIL) and its subsidiaries as well as NLC India;
- (b) whether the Government has taken adequate measures to reduce carbon footprints by  reducing  the  production,  supply  and  use  of  coal  in  various  industries  in  the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether  the  CIL  and  its  subsidiaries  had  given  any  specific  reply  to  the Government in this regard and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The current status of coal production of 'ongoing projects' of CIL as on Mar,2018 is as follows-

| Subsidiary   |   Total Proje cts |   Total Sanctioned Capacity (MTY) |   Coal Production 2017-18 (MT) |
|--------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| ECL          |                12 |                             22.92 |                          15.72 |
| BCCL         |                 5 |                             12.95 |                           3.03 |
| CCL          |                15 |                             57.72 |                          22.56 |
| NCL          |                 3 |                             50    |                          39.8  |
| WCL          |                26 |                             45.16 |                          24.95 |
| SECL         |                33 |                            202.66 |                          83.43 |
| MCL          |                16 |                            167.83 |                          80.8  |
| NEC          |                 4 |                              1.2  |                           0.78 |
| Total CIL    |               114 |                            560.43 |                         271.07 |

## Sector wise coal supply from CIL during 2017-18 (upto Mar'18) is as under:

(in Million tonnes)

| Sectors     |   Actual Dispatch 2017-18 (Provisional) |
|-------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Power       |                                  454.22 |
| Fertilizer  |                                    1.88 |
| Steel       |                                    3.14 |
| CPP         |                                   40.08 |
| Cement      |                                    4.83 |
| Sponge Iron |                                    8.07 |
| Others      |                                   69.24 |
| Total       |                                  581.47 |

The current status of coal production of 'ongoing projects' of NLCIL is as follows:

NLCIL, at present operates 3 lignite mines (28.5 MTPA)  linked to 4 pit head power stations at Neyveli (2990), one lignite mine (2.1 MTPA ) linked to  pit head power station  at Barsingsar, Rajasthan (250 MW). NLCIL uses the Lignite produced in its mines to the linked pit head power plants. Also a small quantity of lignite is being sold to an Independent power producer and small scale industries.

New mining projects of NLCIL are:

-  Expansion  of  Mine-I  10.50  MTPA  (Area  Expansion)  &  Expansion  of  Mine-  IA (From 3.0 MTPA To 7.0 MTPA)
-  Hadla Lignite Mine (1.9 MTPA) and Bithnok Lignite Mine (2.25 MTPA) at Rajasthan.
-  Mine-III project at Neyveli (11.5 MT per Annum)
-  South of Vellar at Tamilnadu (11.5 MT per Annum) -(as a replacement for Mine-I&II)
-  Pachwara South  in Jharkhand (11 MTPA) -allocated on 25.07.2013.
-  Talabira-II & III in Orissa (20 MTPA) - allocated on 02.05.2016.

(b) to (d): Government of India has already taken several initiatives to improve the efficiency of  coal  based  power  plants  and  to  reduce  its  carbon  footprint.  All  new,  large  coal-based generating stations have been mandated to use the highly efficient supercritical technology.

Renovation and Modernization (R&M) and Life Extension (LE) of existing old power stations  is  being  undertaken  in  a  phased  manner.  About  144  old  thermal  stations  have  been assigned mandatory targets for improving energy efficiency. Coal beneficiation has been made mandatory. Introduction of ultra-supercritical technology, as and when commercially available is part of future policy. Besides, stringent emission standards being contemplated for thermal plants would significantly reduce emissions.

To promote cleaner and alternate use of coal, CIL is pursuing initiatives for setting up plants  for  gasification  of  coal  and  its  further  processing  into  downstream  chemicals.  In  this direction, CIL has formed a JV company along with RCF, GAIL and FCIL namely; Talcher Fertilizers  Limited  (TFL)  to  set  up  a  coal  based  Ammonia-Urea  plant  at  Talcher,  Odisha, through Surface Coal Gasification route.

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