Lok Sabha Question No. 182 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Coal Production
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Sushil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 182 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2020

## Coal Production

## *182. SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH :

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken any steps to increase  domestic coal production and reduce the import of coal and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the coal mines which have been closed down during the last three  years  or  are  likely  to  be  closed  down  after  completion  of  the extraction work during the current year and coming three years;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any steps for the exploration of new mining regions and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) The  details  of  steel  grade  coal  extracted  in  the  country  along  with  the details of steel grade coal sold by the organisations under the administrative  control  of  Ministry  from  2012-13  to  2019-20,  year-wise; and
- (e) Whether any compensation is paid to workers on the closing of mines and if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  criteria  fixed  to  determine  the quantum of compensation?

## Answer

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

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

## STATEMENT IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 182 FOR ANSWER ON 04.03.2020 BY SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH, M.P. REGARDING 'COAL PRODUCTION'.

(a): As  per  the  current  import  policy,  coal  is  kept  under  Open  General  License (OGL) and consumers are free to import coal from the source of their choice as per their contractual prices on payment of applicable duty. In view of limited domestic production of coking coal, coking coal will continue to be imported for use by the steel  sector.  Further,  coal  imported  by  power  plants  designed  on  imported  coal and high grade coal required for blending purposes will also be imported in the country  as  this  cannot  be  fully  substituted  by  domestic  coal.  With  enhanced domestic  availability  of  coal,  coal  imports,  which  was  growing  at  a  compound annual growth rate of 22.86% between 2009-10 to 2013-14, has reduced to 1.96% between 2014-15 to 2018-19.

The  focus  of  the  Government  is  on  accelerating  domestic  production  of  coal through  allocation  of  more  coal  blocks,  pursuing  with  State  Government  for assistance in land acquisition and coordinated efforts with Railways for movement of coal.

Recent steps taken up for growth in coal sector which are expected to result in enhanced coal production are as follows:

-  Methodology for allowing allocatees of coal mines for specified end use or own  consumption  to  sell  upto  25%  of  actual  production  in  open  market (RoM  basis)  with  payment  of  additional  premium  on  such  sale  has  been approved and 10 mines have been allocated in the year 2019 under this methodology.
-  Mineral Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, has enabled the allocation of coal  blocks  for  composite  prospecting  license-cum-mining  lease  (PL-cumML) which will help in increasing of the inventory of coal/ lignite blocks for allocation.
-  With the promulgation of Mineral Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, the repetitive  and  redundant  provision  requiring  previous  approval  of  Central Government   even  in  cases  where  the  allocation  or  reservation  of  coal/ lignite  block  has  been  made  by  the  Central  Government  itself  has  been done  away  with.  This  would  significantly  reduce  the  time  taken  for operationalisation of  coal/ lignite mines.
-  Earlier,  the mines  in  Schedule  II  and  III  of  Coal  Mines  Special  Provision (CMSP)  Act  could  only  be  auctioned  to  companies  that  were  engaged  in specified  end  use.  The  promulgation  of  Minerals  Laws  (Amendment) Ordinance,  2020  has  provided  flexibility  to  the  Central  Government  in deciding the end use of Schedule II and III coal mines under the CMSP Act. This would allow wider participation in auction of Schedule II and III coal

mines, for a variety of purposes such as own consumption, sale or for any other purpose, as may be specified by the Central Government.

Further, Coal India Limited (CIL) has also taken the following steps to enhance coal production:

-  CIL and its subsidiaries have planned and implemented higher capacity mega mines (Capacity>10MTY) with high mechanization. CIL has identified mines/projects for further capacity expansion plan till 2030.
-  Portal  based  monitoring  of  on-going  projects  to  ensure  timely  completion  of projects.
-  Introduction  of  Surface  Miners  in  opencast  mines  to  improve  operational efficiency and cater to environmental needs. During 2018-19, around 50% of the opencast coal production in CIL was through Surface miners.
-  Introduction  of  Mass  Production  Technology  in  underground  coal  mines:  2 mines are worked with Powered Support Longwall technology and 11 mines are worked with Continuous Miner technology.
- (b): The details of closed coal mines during the last three years and the current year and those to be closed down in the coming years is given below:
- (c): The  year-wise  drilling  of  Coal  &  Lignite  through  Promotional  (Regional) exploration under Ministry of Coal are given in the table below:

| Company                           |   Sl. No. | Name of the closed mines              | Name of the coal mines to be closed after completion of the extraction work   |
|-----------------------------------|-----------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL)  |         1 | Belbaid OC(D)                         | Madhusudanpur UG                                                              |
| Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL)  |         2 | Mahabir OC                            | Dabor OC                                                                      |
| Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL)  |         3 | Mandman UG                            |                                                                               |
| Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL)  |         4 | Ratibati UG                           |                                                                               |
| Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL)  |         5 | Kuardih-Tirat UG                      |                                                                               |
| Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL)  |         6 | Chakballavpur / Barmondia A UG        |                                                                               |
| Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL)  |         7 | Mallickbasti OC                       |                                                                               |
| Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL)  |         8 | Moira UG                              |                                                                               |
| Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL)  |         9 | Gopinathpur OC                        |                                                                               |
| Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL)  |        10 | Chinakuri I UG                        |                                                                               |
| Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL)  |        11 | Jemehari UG                           |                                                                               |
| Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL)  |        12 | Kalipahari UG                         |                                                                               |
| Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL)  |        13 | S S Incline                           |                                                                               |
| Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) |         1 | Burragarh UG                          |                                                                               |
| Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) |         2 | Kujama OC                             |                                                                               |
| Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) |         3 | Amalgamated JoyrampurColly Mixed      |                                                                               |
| Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) |         4 | Lohapatty UG                          |                                                                               |
| Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) |         5 | Ghanoodih OC                          |                                                                               |
| Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) |         6 | Bera OC                               |                                                                               |
| Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) |         7 | Damoda OC                             |                                                                               |
| Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) |         8 | Amalgtd. Block IV- GobindpurColly. UG |                                                                               |
| Central                           |         1 | Karo I UG                             | Piparwar OC                                                                   |

| Coalfields Limited                      | 2   | Khas Mahal UG      | Dakra OC                                     |
|-----------------------------------------|-----|--------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Coalfields Limited                      | 3   | Saunda D UG        |                                              |
| (CCL)                                   | 4   | Sayal D UG         |                                              |
| Coalfields Limited                      | 5   | Sirka UG           |                                              |
| Coalfields Limited                      | 6   | Argada UG          |                                              |
| Coalfields Limited                      | 7   | Ray-Bachra UG      |                                              |
| Coalfields Limited                      | 8   | Kargali UG         |                                              |
| Coalfields Limited                      | 9   | Jarangdih UG       |                                              |
| Coalfields Limited                      | 10  | Swang UG           |                                              |
| Coalfields Limited                      | 11  | Kuju UG            |                                              |
| Coalfields Limited                      | 12  | Topa UG            |                                              |
| Western Coalfields Limited (WCL)        | 1   | HLC No. 3 UG       | Jharana UG                                   |
| Western Coalfields Limited (WCL)        | 2   | Doptala OC         | Pauni (Scheme) OC                            |
| Western Coalfields Limited (WCL)        | 3   | Ghughus OC         | Gauri I&II Epn. Scheme OC                    |
| Western Coalfields Limited (WCL)        | 4   | Makardhokra-II OC  | Sobhapur UG                                  |
| Western Coalfields Limited (WCL)        | 5   | RawanwadaKhas UG   | Expn. Patch of Shivpuri, Sethia & Barkuhi OC |
| Western Coalfields Limited (WCL)        | 6   | Thesgora UG        | Umrer Expansion (Amb River phase iv, OC      |
| Western Coalfields Limited (WCL)        | 7   | Bhajipani OC       | Sasti Expan. Scheme OC                       |
| Western Coalfields Limited (WCL)        | 8   | Ambara UG          |                                              |
| South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) | 1   | Jamuna OC          | Bhartunga Hill UG                            |
|                                         | 2   | Gobinda UG         | Pinoura UG                                   |
|                                         | 3   | North Chirimiri UG | Mahamaya UG                                  |
|                                         | 4   | Kuarsia OC         | Bisrampur OC                                 |
|                                         | 5   | Surakachhar 5&6 UG | Kumda UG                                     |
|                                         | 6   | North JKD UG       | Balrampur UG                                 |
|                                         | 7   | Palkimara UG       | Kapildhara UG                                |
|                                         | 8   | Birsingpur UG      | Jamuna 9&10 UG                               |
|                                         | 9   | Kalyani UG         | Nowrozabad (W) UG                            |
|                                         | 10  | Dugga OC           | Pali UG                                      |
|                                         | 11  | Dharam UG          | Bijuri UG                                    |
|                                         | 12  | Malga UG           |                                              |
|                                         | 13  | Somna UG           |                                              |
|                                         | 14  | Banki Main UG      |                                              |
|                                         | 15  | Dhanpuri UG        |                                              |
|                                         | 16  | NCPH Old UG        |                                              |
| North Eastern Coalfields (NEC)          | 1   |                    | Ledo OCP                                     |
| Singareni Collieries Co.                | 1   | 21 Incline UG      |                                              |
|                                         | 2   | GDK-5 Incline UG   |                                              |
| Ltd. (SCCL)                             | 3   | GDK-10 Incline UG  |                                              |
| Ltd. (SCCL)                             | 4   | Dorli OC-I OC      |                                              |
| Ltd. (SCCL)                             | 5 6 |                    | RK-8 Incline UG VK-7 Incline UG              |
| Ltd. (SCCL)                             | 7   |                    | BPA OC-II Ext. OC                            |

Figure in Lakh Meters

| Item                                      |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 (upto Jan'20) |
|-------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
| Promotional Exploration of coal & Lignite |      1.39 |      1.12 |      1.05 |      1.35 |      1.39 |                    0.98 |

- (d): The year wise total quantity of steel grade coal sold by Coal India Limited (CIL) and steel grade rew coal produced by CIL from the year 2012-13 to 2019-20 is as under:-

(In million tonnes)

| Year                | Steel grade coal sold by CIL   | Year-wise details of steel grade raw coal produced by CIL   | Year-wise details of steel grade raw coal produced by CIL   | Year-wise details of steel grade raw coal produced by CIL   |
|---------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|                     |                                | Steel Grade I                                               | Steel Grade II                                              | Total Steel Grade Coal                                      |
| 2012-13             | 1.76                           | 0.072                                                       | 1.371                                                       | 1.443                                                       |
| 2013-14             | 0.76                           | 0.061                                                       | 0.604                                                       | 0.665                                                       |
| 2014-15             | 0.27                           | 0.050                                                       | 0.456                                                       | 0.506                                                       |
| 2015-16             | 1.09                           | 0.036                                                       | 1.051                                                       | 1.087                                                       |
| 2016-17             | 1.01                           | 0.023                                                       | 1.004                                                       | 1.027                                                       |
| 2017-18             | 0.18                           | 0.155                                                       | 0.051                                                       | 0.206                                                       |
| 2018-19             | 0.30                           | 0.035                                                       | 0.0                                                         | 0.035                                                       |
| 2019-20             | 0.13@                          | 0.016 #                                                     | 0.081#                                                      | 0.097#                                                      |
| @ Till January 2020 | @ Till January 2020            | @ Till January 2020                                         | # Till December, 2019.                                      | # Till December, 2019.                                      |

- (e):  In  case  of  closed  coal  mines,  workers  are  gainfully  deployed  in  other  coal mines  situated  nearby  in  their  existing  capacity  and  grade.  Hence  matter  of payment of compensation does not arise.

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