Lok Sabha Question No. 379 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-03
Subject: Coal reserves
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Kapil Moreshwar Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 379 ANSWERED ON  03.02.2021

## COAL RESERVE

## 379.    SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

Will the MINISTER OF COAL be pleased to state :

- (a)  whether the Government has assessed the coal reserves in the country;
- (b)  if so, the quality-wise and State-wise details thereof;
- (c)  whether the Government has allocated coal blocks during the last one year and
- the current year; and
- (d)  if so, the details thereof along with the number of coal blocks to be allocated to the states and the Union Territories?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Yes Sir.
- (b): The quality-wise and State-wise details of coal reserves in the country is given at Annexure.
- (c): Yes Sir.
- (d): Details of the coal blocks allocated coal blocks during the last year and the current year are as under:-

| S.No.   | State        | Name of the Coal Mine                   | Name of Allocatee                        |
|---------|--------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Chhattisgarh | Gare-Palma-IV/l                         | Jindal Power Limited                     |
| 2       | Chhattisgarh | Gare-Palma-IV/7                         | Sarda Energy and Minerals Limited        |
| 3&4     | Chhattisgarh | Durgapur-II/Taraimar& Durgapur-II/Saria | KPCL                                     |
| 5       | Odisha       | Radhikapur (East)                       | EMIL Mines and Mineral Resources Limited |
| 6       | Odisha       | Radhikapur (West)                       | Vedanta Limited                          |

| 7      | Odisha         | Mandakini                                                | KPCL                                                   |
|--------|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 8      | Odisha         | Jamkhani                                                 | Vedanta Ltd                                            |
| 9&10   | Madhya Pradesh | Gotitoria (East) & Gotitoria (West)                      | Boulder Stone Mart Private Limited                     |
| 11     | Madhya Pradesh | Sahapur East                                             | Chowgule and Company Private Limited                   |
| 12     | Madhya Pradesh | Sahapur West                                             | Sarda Energy and Minerals Limited                      |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh | Urtan North                                              | JMS Mining Private Limited                             |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh | Bandha                                                   | Emil Mines and Mineral Resoures Ltd.                   |
| 15     | Madhya Pradesh | Dhirauli                                                 | Stratatech Mineral Resources Pvt. Ltd                  |
| 16     | Madhya Pradesh | Bikram                                                   | Birla Corp. Ltd                                        |
| 17     | Madhya Pradesh | Brahampuri                                               | Birla Corp. Ltd                                        |
| 18     | Jharkhand      | Rajhara North (Central & Eastern)                        | Fairmine Carbons Private Limited                       |
| 19     | Jharkhand      | Brahandiha                                               | The Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation Ltd |
| 20     | Jharkhand      | Chakla                                                   | Hindalco Industries Limited                            |
| 21     | Jharkhand      | Urma Paharitola                                          | Aurobindo Reality and Infrastructure Private Ltd       |
| 22     | Jharkhand      | Gondulpara                                               | Adani Enterprises Limited                              |
| 23     | Jharkhand      | Sugia Closed Mine                                        | Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation        |
| 24     | Jharkhand      | Tokisud North                                            | NMDC                                                   |
| 25& 26 | Maharashtra    | Takli-Jena-Bellora (North) & Takli-Jena- Bellora (South) | Aurobindo Reality and Infrastructure Private Ltd       |
| 27     | Maharashtra    | Marki Mangli-II                                          | Yazdani International Private Limited                  |
| 28     | West Bengal    | Jaganathpur B                                            | Powerplus Traders Pvt. Ltd                             |

As regards coal blocks to be allocated to the states and the Union Territories, it is  informed  that  coal  blocks  are  put  for  auction  and  coal  blocks  are  allocated  to  the successful bidders.

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## STATE WISE, DEPTH WISE AND GRADEWISE COAL RESERVE (AS ON 01-04-2020)

|                | Depth Range(M)   | PROVED   | PROVED   | PROVED   | PROVED   | PROVED   | PROVED   | PROVED   | INDICATED   | INDICATED   | INDICATED   | INDICATED   | INDICATED   | INDICATED   | INDICATED   | Inferred   | Grand   |
|----------------|------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|---------|
|                | Depth Range(M)   | G1- G3   | G4- G5   | G6       | G7-G8    | G9- G14  | G15- G17 | Total    | G1- G3      | G4- G5      | G6          | G7-G8       | G9- G14     | G15- G17    | Total       | Inferred   | Total   |
| West Bengal    | 0-300            | 69       | 1535     | 3519     | 3088     | 2459     | 4        | 10675    | 24          | 184         | 488         | 564         | 1024        | 0           | 2284        | 333        | 13292   |
| West Bengal    | 300-600          | 56       | 659      | 735      | 722      | 1247     | 3        | 3423     | 55          | 724         | 2311        | 1397        | 2878        | 4           | 7368        | 2484       | 13275   |
| West Bengal    | 600-1200         | 13       | 85       | 122      | 78       | 18       | 0        | 315      | 153         | 386         | 825         | 948         | 737         | 0           | 3050        | 1666       | 5031    |
| West Bengal    | 0-1200           | 139      | 2279     | 4376     | 3888     | 3725     | 6        | 14414    | 232         | 1294        | 3624        | 2909        | 4639        | 4           | 12702       | 4483       | 31598   |
| Jharkhand      | 0-300            | 220      | 312      | 782      | 2517     | 16482    | 110      | 20423    | 19          | 110         | 482         | 2313        | 8048        | 42          | 11014       | 1556       | 32993   |
| Jharkhand      | 300-600          | 75       | 152      | 264      | 1325     | 7199     | 19       | 9034     | 9           | 76          | 471         | 2068        | 4349        | 32          | 7006        | 2608       | 18648   |
| Jharkhand      | 600-1200         | 7        | 73       | 184      | 307      | 578      | 0        | 1149     | 15          | 9           | 25          | 123         | 1289        | 0           | 1462        | 42         | 2654    |
| Jharkhand      | 0-1200           | 302      | 537      | 1230     | 4149     | 24259    | 129      | 30607    | 44          | 196         | 979         | 4503        | 13687       | 74          | 19482       | 4206       | 54295   |
| Bihar          | 0-300            | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 291      | 18       | 310      | 0           | 0           | 0           | 69          | 607         | 84          | 760         | 11         | 1081    |
| Bihar          | 300-600          | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0           | 1           | 45          | 224         | 833         | 71          | 1173        | 0          | 1173    |
| Bihar          | 600-1200         | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0           | 4           | 22          | 50          | 390         | 31          | 497         | 0          | 497     |
| Bihar          | 0-1200           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 291      | 18       | 310      | 0           | 6           | 67          | 343         | 1830        | 185         | 2431        | 11         | 2751    |
| Madhya Pradesh | 0-300            | 176      | 572      | 1725     | 2249     | 4849     | 22       | 9592     | 162         | 698         | 1687        | 1378        | 1721        | 33          | 5678        | 1510       | 16779   |
| Madhya Pradesh | 300-600          | 20       | 93       | 241      | 761      | 1512     | 13       | 2640     | 188         | 865         | 1279        | 1459        | 1484        | 92          | 5366        | 1834       | 9840    |
| Madhya Pradesh | 600-1200         | 0        | 1        | 1        | 1        | 9        | 0        | 11       | 18          | 79          | 68          | 69          | 49          | 1           | 285         | 183        | 478     |
| Madhya Pradesh | 0-1200           | 196      | 666      | 1967     | 3011     | 6369     | 35       | 12243    | 368         | 1642        | 3034        | 2905        | 3253        | 126         | 11328       | 3526       | 27098   |
| Chhattisgarh   | 0-300            | 539      | 811      | 1050     | 1876     | 16222    | 302      | 20800    | 262         | 430         | 1469        | 3921        | 15473       | 307         | 21862       | 1404       | 44065   |
| Chhattisgarh   | 300-600          | 103      | 98       | 221      | 738      | 2787     | 70       | 4017     | 171         | 330         | 827         | 2525        | 12152       | 426         | 16432       | 675        | 21123   |
| Chhattisgarh   | 600-1200         | 2        | 2        | 9        | 35       | 50       | 0        | 98       | 21          | 109         | 232         | 574         | 3009        | 31          | 3975        | 0          | 4073    |
| Chhattisgarh   | 0-1200           | 644      | 911      | 1280     | 2649     | 19058    | 372      | 24914    | 455         | 869         | 2527        | 7020        | 30634       | 764         | 42269       | 2079       | 69262   |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 0-300            | 0        | 0        | 8        | 276      | 600      | 0        | 884      | 0           | 0           | 0           | 99          | 79          | 0           | 178         | 0          | 1062    |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 300-600          | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0          | 0       |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 600-1200         | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0          | 0       |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 0-1200           | 0        | 0        | 8        | 276      | 600      | 0        | 884      | 0           | 0           | 0           | 99          | 79          | 0           | 178         | 0          | 1062    |

## Annexure

(Resource in Million Tonne)

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| Maharashtra    | 0-300    |    5 |   151 |   776 |   2409 |   3157 |   43 |   6541 |    5 |   40 |   236 | 568         | 644         |    1 |   1493 |   484 |   8518 |
|----------------|----------|------|-------|-------|--------|--------|------|--------|------|------|-------|-------------|-------------|------|--------|-------|--------|
| Maharashtra    | 300-600  |    4 |    48 |    75 |    270 |    611 |   14 |   1023 |   17 |   86 |   360 | 360         | 814         |    4 |   1641 |  1293 |   3957 |
| Maharashtra    | 600-1200 |    4 |    12 |     6 |     10 |     27 |    1 |     60 |    8 |   22 |    15 | 27          | 51          |    1 |    124 |    69 |    253 |
| Maharashtra    | 0-1200   |   13 |   212 |   857 |   2690 |   3795 |   58 |   7624 |   30 |  148 |   610 | 955         | 1509        |    5 |   3257 |  1847 |  12728 |
| Odisha         | 0-300    |   26 |   249 |   364 |   1108 |  30980 | 1137 |  33864 |   40 |  119 |   290 | 1201        | 12772       |   98 |  14520 |  2550 |  50933 |
| Odisha         | 300-600  |    5 |    46 |   106 |    320 |   5496 |  798 |   6771 |   64 |  322 |   501 | 1922        | 15229       |  248 |  18285 |  4694 |  29751 |
| Odisha         | 600-1200 |    6 |    11 |     6 |     18 |    194 |    1 |    236 |    6 |   31 |    88 | 202         | 2830        |  105 |   3262 |   469 |   3968 |
| Odisha         | 0-1200   |   37 |   307 |   476 |   1446 |  36670 | 1935 |  40872 |  109 |  472 |   879 | 3324        | 30831       |  451 |  36067 |  7713 |  84652 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 0-300    |    0 |     0 |     0 |      3 |     60 |   24 |     87 |    0 |    0 |     4 | 17          | 398         |    0 |    419 |    45 |    552 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 300-600  |    0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      8 |    2 |     10 |    0 |    0 |     5 | 14          | 559         |    0 |    577 |   108 |    695 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 600-1200 |    0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |    0 |      0 |    0 |    0 |     2 | 0           | 80          |    0 |     82 |   279 |    361 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 0-1200   |    0 |     0 |     0 |      3 |     68 |   27 |     97 |    0 |    0 |    10 | 31          | 1037        |    0 |   1078 |   432 |   1607 |
| Telangana      | 0-300    |   46 |   240 |  1241 |   1298 |   3653 |    4 |   6483 |   46 |   97 |   334 | 520         | 2043        |    0 |   3040 |   222 |   9745 |
| Telangana      | 300-600  |   33 |   217 |   718 |   1158 |   1968 |    3 |   4097 |   45 |  156 |   487 | 701         | 2677        |    0 |   4065 |   518 |   8679 |
| Telangana      | 600-1200 |    2 |    15 |    19 |     88 |    138 |    0 |    262 |    8 |  150 |   229 | 410         | 620         |    0 |   1417 |  2122 |   3801 |
| Telangana      | 0-1200   |   81 |   472 |  1977 |   2544 |   5760 |    6 |  10841 |   99 |  402 |  1050 | 1631        | 5340        |    0 |   8521 |  2863 |  22225 |
| Assam          | 0-300    |    0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |    0 |      0 |    0 |    3 |     0 | 5           | 3           |    0 |     11 |     0 |     11 |
| Assam          | 300-600  |    0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |    0 |      0 |    0 |    0 |     0 | 1           | 3           |    0 |      3 |     0 |      3 |
| Assam          | 600-1200 |    0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |    0 |      0 |    0 |    0 |     0 | 0           | 0           |    0 |      0 |     0 |      0 |
| Assam          | 0-1200   |    0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |    0 |      0 |    0 |    3 |     0 | 5           | 6           |    0 |     14 |     0 |     14 |
| Sikkim         | 0-300    |    0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |    0 |      0 |    0 |    0 |     4 | 48          | 6           |    0 |     58 |    43 |    101 |
| Sikkim         | 300-600  |    0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |    0 |      0 |    0 |    0 |     0 | 0           | 0           |    0 |      0 |     0 |      0 |
| Sikkim         | 600-1200 |    0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |    0 |      0 |    0 |    0 |     0 | 0           | 0           |    0 |      0 |     0 |      0 |
| Sikkim         | 0-1200   |    0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |    0 |      0 |    0 |    0 |     4 | 48          | 6           |    0 |     58 |    43 |    101 |
| All india      | 0-300    | 1081 |  3871 |  9465 |  14824 |  78754 | 1663 | 109658 |  558 | 1680 |  4993 | 10703       | 42819       |  564 |  61316 |  8158 | 179133 |
| All india      | 300-600  |  298 |  1313 |  2360 |   5294 |  20828 |  921 |  31015 |  549 | 2560 |  6284 | 10669 40977 | 10669 40977 |  876 |  61915 | 14214 | 107144 |
| All india      | 600-1200 |   34 |   199 |   345 |    537 |   1014 |    2 |   2131 |  229 |  791 |  1506 | 2403        | 9055        |  170 |  14154 |  4831 |  21116 |
| All india      | 0-1200   | 1413 |  5384 | 12170 |  20655 | 100596 | 2586 | 142804 | 1336 | 5031 | 12783 | 23775       | 92851       | 1610 | 137385 | 27203 | 307393 |

Source: GSI, Kolkata