Lok Sabha Question No. 65 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Coal for Thermal Plants
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: KAMLA DEVI PATLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.65 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2018

## Coal for Thermal Plants

## 65.   SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of thermal power plants in the country including Chhattisgarh  and  the  quantity  of  coal  required  annually  to  run  these plants;
- (b) the  goal  set  and  achieved  for  coal  production  company-wise  during the current year and the last three years;
- (c) the reasons for not achieving the goal during the said period;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  launched  any  scheme  to  increase  the production of coal; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a): As  on  30.06.2018,  there  are  total  267  thermal  power  plants  in  the country which include plants based on Coal/Lignite, Gas and Diesel. Out of these, 28 thermal power plants are in the State of Chhattisgarh. The estimated quantity of coal required during 2018-19 based on the generation target by the coal  based  thermal  power  plants  in  the  country  for  2018-19  is  656  Million Tonnes  (MT)  including  about  74  MT  by  the  coal  based  power  plants  in Chhattisgarh.

- (b): The target and actual coal production of Coal India Limited (CIL) and its subsidiaries for the last three years and the current year are as follows:

## (Figures in MT)

|              | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2018-19        | 2018-19            | 2018-19            |
|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Coal Company | Target    | Actual    | Target    | Actual    | Target    | Actual    | Target 2018-19 | Target (1 st Qtr.) | Actual (1 st Qtr.) |
| ECL          | 42.13     | 40.21     | 46.94     | 40.52     | 47.00     | 43.57     | 46.76          | 10.75              | 11.00              |
| BCCL         | 35.85     | 35.86     | 37.00     | 37.04     | 40.50     | 32.61     | 38.00          | 8.74               | 7.67               |
| CCL          | 60.60     | 61.32     | 67.00     | 67.04     | 70.50     | 63.40     | 68.70          | 15.80              | 11.44              |
| NCL          | 78.10     | 80.22     | 82.00     | 84.10     | 89.00     | 93.02     | 95.00          | 21.85              | 24.60              |
| WCL          | 45.10     | 44.82     | 48.00     | 45.63     | 48.50     | 46.22     | 49.70          | 11.43              | 9.64               |
| SECL         | 137.00    | 137.93    | 149.67    | 140.00    | 153.80    | 144.71    | 159.50         | 36.69              | 39.95              |
| MCL          | 150.00    | 137.90    | 167.00    | 139.21    | 150.00    | 143.06    | 151.50         | 34.85              | 32.45              |
| NEC          | 1.22      | 0.49      | 1.00      | 0.60      | 0.70      | 0.78      | 0.84           | 0.19               | 0.12               |
| CIL          | 550.00    | 538.75    | 598.61    | 554.13    | 600.00    | 567.36    | 610.00         | 140.30             | 136.87             |

(c): Reasons for non-achievement of target by Coal India Limited is mainly because of problems in land acquisition, delay in obtaining Forest Clearance & Environmental  Clearance,  Rehabilitation  &  Resettlement  issues,  evacuation constraint & local Law & Order problems.

(d)& (e): The progress of production 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 SECL, MCL and CCL.

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