Lok Sabha Question No. 117 (STARRED), answered on 2018-07-25
Subject: Production of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 117

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2018

## Production of Coal

## *117.  SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the    Coal  India  Limited  (CIL) has  failed to increase the production  and sale of coal;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether less production of coal is directly affecting the power production; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  efforts  made  by  the  Government  to increase the production of coal and the outcome thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  117  ANSWERED  ON 25.07.2018 ASKED BY SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE REGARDING 'PRODUCTION OF COAL'.

- (a) & (b): Raw  coal  production  of  Coal  India  Limited  (CIL)  during  last  five years is shown in the table below:

| Year    |   Production (Million Te.) |
|---------|----------------------------|
| 2013-14 |                    462.422 |
| 2014-15 |                    494.238 |
| 2015-16 |                    538.754 |
| 2016-17 |                    554.14  |
| 2017-18 |                    567.365 |

It  can  be  seen  from  the  above  table  that  raw  coal  production  of  Coal  India Limited (CIL) has increased steadily over the years and during the last five years CIL has attained  a  compound  annual  growth  rate  (CAGR)  of  4.2%.  Further,  while  there was an increase of 105 MT in production between 2013-14 and 2017-18, production increased by only 31.15 MT in the preceding five years between 2009-10 to 2013-14.

Offtake  of  Coal  by  CIL  has  also  steadily  increased  over  the  years.  Supply of Coal  by  Coal  India  limited  (CIL)  in  the  year  2017-18  was  580.28  Million  tonnes, whereas  in  the  year  2016-17  it  was  543.32  Million  tonnes,  thereby  achieving a growth  of  about  7%.  Between 2013-14 and 2017-18, CIL increased its offtake by 109.12 MT as compared to an increase of 55.04 MT achieved in the preceding five year between 2009-10 to 2013-14.  In  the  1st  Quarter  of  current  fiscal,  CIL achieved an  offtake  of  153.43  Million  tonnes  registering  a  growth  of  about  12%  over  the corresponding period of the last year offtake of 137.42 Million tonnes.

- (c): There  is  no  shortage  of  coal  for  the  Power  Sector.  In  the  beginning  of 2018-19,  Coal  India  Limited  (CIL)  had  a  pithead  stock  of  55.55  Million  Tonne (MT) and  stock  at  power  house  end  was  16.27  MT.  In  the  1 st   Quarter  of  2018-19,  CIL dispatched a record quantity of 122.2 MT coal to Power Sector, thereby achieving a growth of 15% over the dispatch in the corresponding period of last year. The growth in  dispatch  of  coal  to  Power  Sector  has  helped  coal  based  generation  to  achieve positive growth of 5.3% in the 1 st  Quarter of 2018-19. This is 101.3% of programme generation for coal based power.
- (d): Due to concerted and co-ordinated efforts, the offtake/dispatch of coal of CIL has increased from 488.86 MT in 2014-15 to 580.04 MT in 2017-18. The progress of production/despatch of CIL is reviewed regularly. CIL has been directed to work out a definite action plan to ensure higher production and offtake  in  future.  CIL  has  also been  directed  to  ensure  that  necessary clearances for the existing coal mines are in place which will help in increasing the coal production in the short/medium term and also operationalizing the newly allocated coal mines for further increasing production  in  the  medium term. New rail lines are being laid for smooth evacuation of  increased  coal  production  from  the  mines  of  growing  coalfields  of  South  Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) and Central Coalfields Limited (CCL).