Lok Sabha Question No. 1207 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-25
Subject: Allocation of Coal to Tamil Nadu
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: NAGARAJAN P., GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1207

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.7.2018

## Allocation of Coal to Tamil Nadu

1207.

SHRI P. NAGARAJAN: DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government has received any request from the Government of Tamil Nadu to allocate more coal to its thermal power stations;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the action taken by the Union Government on this request; and
- (d) the coal allocated and supplied to various States for the last six months, State-wise including Tamilnadu?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COAL & FINANCE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## ( SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a)  to  (c): Yes,  Madam,  Government of Tamil Nadu has requested  for enhancing coal  dispatches  to  the  tune  of  72,000  tonnes/day  to   the  thermal  power  stations  of TANGEDCO. On the other hand , in 2017-18, TANGEDCO has surrendered 2409.5 MU power from  Thermal  Power  Plants  of  NLCIL. Coal  supply  to  power  sector  is monitored  regularly  by  an  Inter  Ministerial  Subgroup  comprising  representatives  of Ministries of,  Coal,  Railways,  Shipping,  Central  Electricity  Authority,  NITI  Aayog, CIL etc. In the Sub group meeting dated 04.04.2018, it has been decided to supply more rakes to TANGEDCO to build up sufficient coal stock at the TPP end . The coal stock  position,  as  on  22.07.2018,   at  the  thermal  power  stations  of  TANGEDCO  is given in the table below.

| Name of TPP       | Coal stock as on 22.07.2018   | Coal stock as on 22.07.2018   |
|-------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|                   | Quantity ('000 Tonne)         | Stock (in days)               |
| Mettur TPS        | 75.92                         | 8                             |
| Mettur TPS-II     | 106.3                         | 21                            |
| North Chennai TPS | 79.48                         | 5                             |
| Tuticorin(JV) TPP | 91.31                         | 11                            |
| Tuticorin TPS     | 227.81                        | 25                            |
| Vallur TPP        | 237.48                        | 15                            |

(d): State  wise  Supplies  to  Thermal  Power  Plants   from  Coal  India  Limited  and Singareni Collieries Company Limited during the last six months (from January, 2018 to June, 2018) is as under:

(in Million tonnes)

| Name of the State   | Coal Supplied to Power Plants during January, 2018 to June, 2018 (Provisional)   | Coal Supplied to Power Plants during January, 2018 to June, 2018 (Provisional)   | Coal Supplied to Power Plants during January, 2018 to June, 2018 (Provisional)   | Coal Supplied to Power Plants during January, 2018 to June, 2018 (Provisional)   |
|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Name of the State   | Coal India Limited                                                               | Coal India Limited                                                               | Singareni Collieries Company Limited                                             | Singareni Collieries Company Limited                                             |
|                     | Contracted Quantity                                                              | Coal Supplied                                                                    | Coal Allocated                                                                   | Coal Supplied                                                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 17.97                                                                            | 12.07                                                                            | 3.30                                                                             | 4.93                                                                             |
| ASSAM               | 0.89                                                                             | 0.69                                                                             | --                                                                               | --                                                                               |
| Bihar               | 11.47                                                                            | 9.53                                                                             | --                                                                               | --                                                                               |
| Chhattisgarh        | 34.84                                                                            | 30.12                                                                            | 0.25                                                                             | 0.07                                                                             |
| Delhi               | 1.34                                                                             | 0.39                                                                             | --                                                                               | -                                                                                |
| Gujrat              | 12.17                                                                            | 8.60                                                                             | --                                                                               | --                                                                               |
| Haryana             | 11.94                                                                            | 8.81                                                                             | --                                                                               | --                                                                               |
| Jharkhand           | 10.06                                                                            | 7.16                                                                             | --                                                                               | --                                                                               |
| Karnataka           | 2.71                                                                             | 2.75                                                                             | 6.28                                                                             | 4.28                                                                             |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 25.36                                                                            | 25.19                                                                            |                                                                                  |                                                                                  |
| Maharashtra         | 39.91                                                                            | 27.35                                                                            | 2.19                                                                             | 2.91                                                                             |
| Orissa              | 17.54                                                                            | 14.50                                                                            | --                                                                               | --                                                                               |
| Punjab              | 10.96                                                                            | 7.37                                                                             | --                                                                               | --                                                                               |
| Rajasthan           | 10.08                                                                            | 7.11                                                                             | --                                                                               | --                                                                               |
| Tamil Nadu          | 16.53                                                                            | 13.20                                                                            | --                                                                               | --                                                                               |
| Telangana           | ---                                                                              | ---                                                                              | 14.17                                                                            | 16.35                                                                            |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 46.16                                                                            | 35.94                                                                            | --                                                                               | --                                                                               |
| West Bengal         | 24.34                                                                            | 21.71                                                                            | --                                                                               | --                                                                               |