Lok Sabha Question No. 2954 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-03
Subject: Coal Stock
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Vincent H Pala

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2954 ANSWERED ON 03.08.2022

Coal Stock

## 2954.     SHRI VINCENT H. PALA:

Will the Minister of Coal be pleased to state:

- (a)   the details of the total estimated untapped coal stock in the North-Eastern States (NERs) of the country, State wise including district wise details for the State of Meghalaya,
- (b)   the details of the total number of operational and non-operational mines in the NERs,
- (c)  the total number of coal block allocations done in the North-Eastern coalfields,
- (d)  whether illegal mining has affected the coal revenue in the region; and
- (e)  if so, the steps taken to prevent these activities?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):  The  estimated   coal  resources  in  the  North  Eastern  States  of  the  country  as  per  Coal Inventory  of  India  published  by  Geological  Survey  of  India ( GSI ) as  on  01.04.2021  is 1739.37 million tonne and the State-wise distribution are given below:

## State-wise break-up of coal Resource of North Eastern States

(Resource in MT)

(Provisional)

| State             |   Measured |   Indicated |   Inferred |   Total |
|-------------------|------------|-------------|------------|---------|
| MEGHALAYA         |      89.04 |       16.51 |     470.93 |  576.48 |
| ASSAM             |     464.78 |       57.21 |       3.02 |  525.01 |
| NAGALAND          |       8.76 |       21.83 |     415.83 |  446.42 |
| SIKKIM            |       0    |       58.25 |      42.98 |  101.23 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH |      31.23 |       40.11 |      18.89 |   90.23 |
| Total             |     593.81 |      193.91 |     951.65 | 1739.37 |

District-wise data of coal resource is not maintained. However, coalfield-wise coal resources in the state of Meghalaya as per Coal Inventory of India published as on 01.4.2022 is given in the following table-

## Coal Field wise Coal Resources in the state of Meghalaya

(Resource in MT)

(Provisional)

| Coal Field               | Measured   | Indicated   |   Inferred |   Total (mt) |
|--------------------------|------------|-------------|------------|--------------|
| BALPHAKRAM-PENDENGURU    | 0.00       | 0.00        |     107.03 |       107.03 |
| SIJU                     | 0.00       | 0.00        |     125    |       125    |
| MAWLONG-SHELLA           | 2.17       | 0.00        |       3.83 |         6    |
| BAPUNG                   | 11.01      | 0.00        |      22.65 |        33.66 |
| JAYANTI HILLS (MINOR CF) | 0.00       | 0.00        |       2.34 |         2.34 |
| WEST DARANGGIR           | 65.40      | 0.00        |      59.6  |       125    |
| EAST DARANGIRI           |            |             |      34.19 |        34.19 |
| LANGRIN                  | 10.46      | 16.51       |     106.19 |       133.16 |
| KHASI HILLS (MINOR CF)   | 0.00       | 0.00        |      10.1  |        10.1  |
| TOTAL FOR MEGHALAYA      | 89.04      | 16.51       |     470.93 |       576.48 |

(b):    As on date, one coal mine of Coal India Limited, i.e. Tikak Extension OCP of Tikak Colliery is operational mine and one coal mine of Coal India Limited, i.e Tirap OCP, is nonoperational mine.

(c):   There is no coal mine whose allocation order has been executed in North eastern states (viz.  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Assam,  Manipur,  Meghalaya,  Mizoram,  Nagaland,  Tripura  and Sikkim). However, Government  has recently finished auction process under third round of commercial  auction  scheme  where  following  mines  situated  in  North-eastern  states  were auctioned:

|   S.no. | Mine            | State             | Successful Bidder                             |
|---------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Koilajan        | Assam             | Assam Mineral Development Corporation Limited |
|       2 | Garampani       | Assam             | Assam Mineral Development Corporation Limited |
|       3 | Namchik Namphuk | Arunachal Pradesh | Platinum Alloys Private limited.              |

(d):    Illegal mining has affected the revenue in the form of Royalty, Cess, Taxes etc. to be collected by the State.

(e):    The action being taken to stop theft/illegal mining of coal are as follows:

-  Joint operations with the state police against illegal coal mining.
-  Patrolling of vulnerable areas by AISF.
-  In  North  Eastern  Coalfields,  the  DGR  Sponsored  Security  Agency,  M/S  5279/ Manohar  Shivram  Shinde  Security  Agency  is  engaged  for  deployment  of  Security personals at strategic points.
-  Installation of CCTV cameras at strategic points including coal dump area.
-  Strict control at Colliery gates.

-  Person involved in pilfering coal are apprehended and handed over to local Police.
-  There are cases of illegal mining of coal which when detected is promptly reported to local police and/or state forest department.

The details of complaints regarding illegal mining reported by CIL during the last four years and current year are as follows:

|                          | ILLEGAL MINING        | ILLEGAL MINING   | ILLEGAL MINING   | PILFERAGE OF COAL     | PILFERAGE OF COAL   | PILFERAGE OF COAL   |
|--------------------------|-----------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| YEAR                     | NO. CA SES/INC IDENTS | FIR LOD GED      | ARREST MADE      | NO. CA SES/INC IDENTS | FIR LOD GED         | ARRESTMA DE         |
| 2018-19                  | 8                     | 8                | Nil              | 21                    | 21                  | 15                  |
| 2019-20                  | 1                     | 1                | Nil              | 27                    | 27                  | 16                  |
| 2020-21                  | 4                     | 4                | Nil              | 09                    | 09                  | 09                  |
| 2021-22                  | 1                     | 1                | Nil              | 07                    | 07                  | 08                  |
| 2022-23(up t o Jun'2022) | Nil                   | Nil              | Nil              | 01                    | 01                  | 01                  |

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