Lok Sabha Question No. 5163 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Coal Production
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Rekha Arun Verma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5163 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2019

## Coal Production

## 5163.  SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA:

Will the MINISTER OF COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the rank of India in coal reserves in the world;
- (b) the estimated coal reserves and State-wise coal extracted out of it, State-wise;
- (c) whether most of the coal reserves are in Eastern State and Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Raniganj coal field in West Bengal have huge coal reserves of good quality of coal and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to increase coal production in order to bridge the gap between demand and supply of coal in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

- (a): India stands 5 th in coal reserves in the world.
- (b & c): Details of state-wise coal reserve as on 1st April, 2018 is given in Annexure-A . The detail  of  state-wise  coal  extraction/production  for  the  last  three  from  2016-17  to  2018-19 (Provisional) is given in Annexure-B.
- (d): The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is signed between Coal India Limited (CIL) and Administrative Ministry (MoC) wherein coal production is kept as one of the parameters in such way that the target  of  the  current  year  is  kept  with  positive  growth  over  the  last  year. During  the  current  year,  the  coal  production  targets  agreed  upon  is  660  million  tonne  (Mt) which is about 53 Mt above the actual production of about 607 Mt in the previous year.

MoU is also signed between NLC India Limited (NLCIL) and Administrative Ministry (MoC) wherein  there  is  no  parameter  with  regard  to  coal  production  for  the  current  financial  year 2019-20.

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STATEWISE INVENTORY OF GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES OF COAL IN INDIA AS ON 1st APRIL 2018.

(Quantity in Million Tonnes)

|                        |                        | Resources              | Resources              | Resources              | Resources              |
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| State                  | State                  | Proved                 | Indicated              | Inferred               | Total                  |
| GONDAWANA COALFIELDS : | GONDAWANA COALFIELDS : |                        |                        |                        |                        |
| Assam                  | Assam                  | 0.00                   | 14.49                  | 0.00                   | 14.49                  |
| Andhra Pradesh         | Andhra Pradesh         | 0.00                   | 1149.05                | 431.65                 | 1580.7                 |
| Jharkhand              | Jharkhand              | 45563. 36              | 31438.52               | 6149.8                 | 83151.68               |
| Bihar                  | Bihar                  | 161.11                 | 813.49                 | 392.15                 | 1366.75                |
| Madhya Pradesh         | Madhya Pradesh         | 11958.28               | 12153.95               | 3874.67                | 27986.9                |
| Chhattisgarh           | Chhattisgarh           | 20427.71               | 34576.26               | 2201.9                 | 57205.87               |
| Maharashtra            | Maharashtra            | 7177.55                | 3073.55                | 2048.14                | 12299.24               |
| Odisha                 | Odisha                 | 37391.1                | 34164.54               | 7739.16                | 79294.8                |
| Sikkim                 | Sikkim                 | 0.00                   | 58.25                  | 42 .98                 | 101.23                 |
| Uttar Pradesh          | Uttar Pradesh          | 884.04                 | 177.76                 | 0.00                   | 1061.8                 |
| Telangana              | Telangana              | 10474.9                | 8576.13                | 2650.92                | 21701.95               |
| West Bengal            | West Bengal            | 14155.57               | 12868.81               | 4642.86                | 31667.24               |
| Gondawana              | Gondawana              | 148193.62              | 139064.8               | 30174.23               | 317432.65              |
| TERTIARY COAL FIELDS : | TERTIARY COAL FIELDS : | TERTIARY COAL FIELDS : | TERTIARY COAL FIELDS : | TERTIARY COAL FIELDS : | TERTIARY COAL FIELDS : |
| Arunachal Pradesh      | 31.23                  | 31.23                  | 40.11                  | 18.89 90.23            | 18.89 90.23            |
| Assam                  | 464.78                 | 464.78                 | 42.72                  | 3.02 510.52            | 3.02 510.52            |
| Meghalaya              | 89.04                  | 89.04                  | 16.51                  | 470.93 576.48          | 470.93 576.48          |
| Nagaland               | 8.76                   | 8.76                   | 0                      | 401.69 410.45          | 401.69 410.45          |
| Tertiary Coalfields    | 593.81                 | 593.81                 | 99.34                  | 894.53 1587.68         | 894.53 1587.68         |
| INDIA                  | 148787.43              | 148787.43              | 139164.14              | 31068.76 319020.33     | 31068.76 319020.33     |

Singrimari  coalfield  of  Assam  (Non-Coking)  is  included  in  Gondawana  coalfield, not considered  in Tertiary coalfields.

Source: Geological Survey of India

ANNEXURE-B State-wise production of raw coal during 2016-17 to 2018-19

## ( Quantity in Million Tonnes )

| State                  | 2016-17   |   2017-18 |   2018-19* |
|------------------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| Telangana              | 61.336    |    62.01  |     65.159 |
| Arunachal Pradesh      | 0         |     0     |      0     |
| Chhattishgarh          | 138.525   |   142.546 |    161.837 |
| Jammu & Kashmir        | 0.010     |     0.014 |      0.012 |
| Jharkhand              | 126.435   |   123.297 |    134.829 |
| Maharashtra            | 40.559    |    42.219 |     49.82  |
| Meghalaya              | 2.308     |     1.529 |      1.529 |
| Madhya Pradesh 105.013 |           |   112.127 |    118.679 |
| Odisha                 | 139.359   |   143.328 |    144.152 |
| West Bengal            | 27.667    |    29.24  |     33.262 |
| Uttar Pradesh          | 16.056    |    18.309 |     20.287 |
| Assam                  | 0.600     |     0.781 |      0.783 |
| All India              | 657.868   |   675.4   |    730.349 |

*Production figure for 2018-19 is provisional.