Lok Sabha Question No. 350 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-17
Subject: Production of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION No. 350

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.07.2019

## Production of Coal

*350. SHRI BALUBHAU ALIA S SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the total production, demand and supply of coal by the Coal India Limited (CIL)  and  its  subsidiaries  in  the  country  during  the  last  three  years  and  the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  the  plans  chalked  out  to  increase  the  production  of  coal  to  meet  the domestic demand; and
- (c)  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  bridge  the  demand  supply gap of coal in the country?

## Answer

## MINISTER OF  PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES

## (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

- (a) to (c): A statement is laid on the table of the House.

## STATEMENT IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 350 FOR ANSWER ON 17.07.2019 BY SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR, M.P. REGARDING 'PRODUCTION OF COAL'.

## (a): All India demand for coal during last three years is given below:-

| Year                         |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (Prov.) |
|------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-------------------|
| All India Actual Demand (MT) |    836.93 |    898.17 |               968 |

The demand of coal is not estimated separately for Coal India Limited (CIL).

The production and supply of coal by CIL during last three years and current years is given below:-

| Year                  | 2016-17         | 2017-18         | 2018-19         | 2019-20         |
|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| Production by CIL(MT) | 554.14          | 567.36          | 606.89#         | 136.96*         |
| Supply by CIL(MT)     | 543.32          | 580.29          | 608.14#         | 153.29*         |
| # Provisional         | *Upto June 2019 | *Upto June 2019 | *Upto June 2019 | *Upto June 2019 |

Subsidiary-wise state-wise, raw coal production of CIL during the last three years and the current year till June'19 is given below:

(in Million Tonnes)

| COMPANY   | STATE                             | 2016-17     | 2017-18   | 2018-19     |   2019-20 (Till June) (Provisi onal) |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|--------------------------------------|
| ECL       | West Bengal 23.58 Jharkhand 16.93 | 25.61 17.96 |           | 29.40 20.77 |                                 7.13 |
| ECL       | Total                             | 40.52       | 43.57     |             |                                 4.42 |
|           |                                   |             |           | 50.16       |                                11.54 |
| BCCL      | West Bengal                       | 2.14        | 1.38      | 1.19        |                                 0.14 |
|           | Jharkhand                         | 34.90       | 31.23     | 29.85       |                                 6.32 |
|           | Total                             | 37.04       | 32.61     | 31.04       |                                 6.46 |
| CCL       | Jharkhand                         | 67.05       | 63.41     | 68.72       |                                11.66 |
| NCL       | Uttar Pradesh                     | 16.06       | 18.31     | 20.28       |                                 5.47 |
|           | Madhya Pradesh                    | 68.04       | 74.71     | 81.23       |                                20.75 |
|           | Total                             | 84.10       | 93.02     | 101.50      |                                26.22 |
|           | Madhya Pradesh                    | 5.23        | 4.45      | 3.93        |                                 0.78 |
| WCL       | Maharashtra                       | 40.41       | 41.77     | 49.25       |                                11.13 |
|           | Total                             | 45.63       | 46.22     | 53.18       |                                11.91 |
|           | Madhya Pradesh                    | 11.93       | 12.11     | 12.60       |                                 2.73 |
| SECL      | Chhattisgarh                      | 128.08      | 132.60    | 144.75      |                                31.61 |
|           | Total                             | 140.00      | 144.71    | 157.35      |                                34.33 |
| MCL       | Orissa                            | 139.21      | 143.06    | 144.15      |                                34.78 |
| NEC       | Assam                             | 0.60        | 0.78      | 0.78        |                                 0.07 |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL                             | 554.14      | 567.37    | 606.89      |                               136.96 |

State wise Supply of coal from CIL and its subsidiaries for the last three years and the current year (till June '19) is given below:-

| Name of State   |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   (Till June) (Provisional) |
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|
| WEST BENGAL     |     50.57 |     46.43 |     48.61 |                       12.53 |
| BIHAR           |     18.04 |     18.98 |     17.96 |                        4.67 |
| JHARKHAND       |     31.29 |     35.26 |     31.77 |                        7.65 |
| ORISSA          |     75.6  |     68.79 |     69.18 |                       16.16 |
| ASSAM           |      0.91 |      0.91 |      1.51 |                        0.38 |
| U.P.            |     86.95 |     92.22 |     91.43 |                       23.16 |
| PUNJAB          |     14.77 |     12.99 |     17.42 |                        4.53 |
| HARYANA         |     11.86 |     15.21 |     16.91 |                        4.41 |
| DELHI           |      1.69 |      1.35 |      1.55 |                        0.4  |
| RAJASTHAN       |     10.08 |     10.77 |     14.1  |                        3.65 |
| GUJARAT         |     13.35 |     18.05 |     19.24 |                        4.98 |
| CHHATISGARH     |     67.66 |     74.51 |     94.98 |                       23.75 |
| MADHYA PRADESH  |     41.46 |     53.35 |     61.22 |                       15.61 |
| MAHARASHTRA     |     48.41 |     55.18 |     68.28 |                       17.4  |
| TAMIL NADU      |     18.94 |     22.49 |     24.61 |                        6.42 |
| KARNATAKA       |      4.83 |      5.49 |      4.39 |                        1.13 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH  |     24.87 |     26.14 |     24.62 |                        6.37 |
| OTHER STATES    |     22.05 |     22.18 |      0.35 |                        0.08 |
| TOTAL           |    543.32 |    580.29 |    608.14 |                      153.29 |

(b): In order to meet the domestic demand, there is a plan to increase the total production of coal in the country to the level of 1 Billion Tonnes by the year 2022-23.

(c): The gap between demand and supply of coal cannot be bridged completely as  there  is  insufficient  domestic  availability  of  coking  coal  and  power  plants designed  on  imported  coal  will  continue  to  import  coal  for  their  production . However, t here has been a consistent effort to increase domestic coal production. The all India raw coal production has increased from 565.77 MT in 2013-14 to 730.35 MT (Provisional) in 2018-19. Absolute increase in all India coal  production  from  2013-14  to  2018-19  is  164.58  MT  as  compared  to  an increase of coal production of 73.01 MT between 2008-09 and 2013-14.

Coal India Limited (CIL) has also increased its production from 462.41 MT in 2013-14  to  606.89  MT  in  2018-19.  Absolute  increase  of  144.48  MT  as compared  to  increase  of  coal  production  of  58.68  MT  between  2008-09  and 2013-14.

In order to augment supply, a total of 84 coal blocks has been allotted under Coal Mines (Special Provision Act, 2015) so far.

Further, the focus of the Government is on increasing the domestic production of coal which includes pursuing with State Government for assistance in land acquisition and coordinated efforts with Railways for movement of coal.

In  addition,  CIL  has  taken  the  following  steps  to  increase  domestic  coal production:

-  CIL and  its subsidiaries are going for higher  capacity  mega  mines (Capacities > 10 MTY) with high mechanization.
-  CIL has already introduced state of the art technology to improve its work efficiency.  High  capacity  Heavy Earth Moving Machinery (HEMMs) like 42 cum  Shovel  with  240  T  Rear  Dumper  have  been  introduced  for  this purpose.
-  Surface  Miners  have  been  introduced  in  opencast  mines  in  a  big  way  to improve  operational  efficiency  &  to  cater  environmental  needs  by  CIL. During 2018-19, in CIL, around 50% of the opencast coal production was through  Surface  miners  and  is  likely  to  further  increase  in  subsequent years.
-  In underground mines, basic thrust is on mechanization of coal winning/loading system, coal drilling & supporting system, coal evacuation system  etc.   High  capacity  Load  Haul  dumps  (LHDs),  Side  Discharge Loaders (SDLs) & Universal Drill Machines (UDMs) in conjunction with belt conveyors have been introduced wherever possible.

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