Lok Sabha Question No. 1436 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-10
Subject: Aquiring Land for New Coal Projects
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Dibyendu Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1436 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2021

## Aquiring Land for New Coal Projects

## 1436.   SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of Coal be pleased to state:

- (a)       whether  Coal  India Limited and its subsidiaries are facing difficulties in acquiring land for new coal mine projects and other extended projects in the country;
- (b)        if  so,  the  details  of  difficulties  being  faced  by  the  Government  and  action  taken/being taken in this regard;
- (c)     whether Coal India Limited (CIL) proposes to set up new coal washeries in the country;
- (d)       if so, the details thereof and the locations identified along with their capacity; and
- (e)      whether  these  washeries  will  help  in  improving  the  quality  of  coal  in  terms  of  ash percentage and heat value therein and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b):          Subsidiaries of Coal India Limited (CIL) during taking physical possession of the acquired land under CBA(A&D) Act, 1957 are facing following difficulties for their projects :-

- i. Delay in authentication of land records by the concerned State Authority.
- ii. There is huge mismatch of information between CS (Cadastral Survey) record and RS (Revision  Survey)  record  thus  subsidiaries  like  ECL,  CCL  are  facing  problem  in identifying the person to whom Compensation and R&R benefits are to be provided for taking physical possession of tenancy land.
- iii. CCL is facing problem for GM land record certification and delay in disposal of 4H cases having doubtful ownership.
- iv. Problems for taking timely physical  possession  of  land  due  to  Court  cases  at  different Court of Law including Tribunals.
- v. Scarcity  of  suitable  land  for  resettlement  site  and  disagreements  amongst  villagers regarding choice of resettlement site. Resistance of the host community for allowing the displaced people to settle at the R&R sites.
- vi. Unjustified employment, superfluous R&R demands claims by the affected persons.
- vii. Subsidiaries  are  also  facing  difficulties  for  getting  physical  possession  of  Forest  Land from concerned State Forest department even after lapses of considerable time from the date of approval of Stage II under FC Act,1980.

Following actions are being taken by the CIL and its subsidiaries for timely taking physical possession of land for new coal mine projects and other extended projects:-

- (a)  Subsidiaries  are  keeping  close  liaison  with  the  State  Authorities  and  are  persuading regularly  to  resolve  the  issues  of  rectification  of  data  in  its  revenue  records,  expedite  the cases of authentication of Genealogical Trees etc.

(b)  Subsidiaries  are  holding  regular  meetings  with  villagers  involving  Gram  Panchayat Pradhans and other public representatives and Government officials for solving the above issues.

(c)  Land  Cells  have  been  established  at  Area  level  as  well  as  district  level  within  the command area of the concerned subsidiaries.

- (d)  CIL  has  already  adopted  Annuity  Scheme, CIL,  2020 which is  an alternative way for taking  possession  of  tenancy  land  by  providing  sustainable  regular  income  in  form  of annuity  to  all  types  of  affected  family  especially  small  land  holders  in  lieu  of  direct employment.
- (e) Issues are raised in e-CPMP portal and discussed in regular monthly meetings at the level of  Chief  Secretary  of  concerned  State  where  senior  officers  of  the  subsidiaries  are  also attending.

(c) & (d):         Yes, Sir. The details of washery with locations and their capacity are as under:-

|   Sl.No. | Subsidiary   | Type        | Washery      |   Capacity (MTY) | Location (Distt/State)   |
|----------|--------------|-------------|--------------|------------------|--------------------------|
|        1 | BCCL         | Coking      | Madhuband    |              5   | Dhanbad/Jharkhand        |
|        2 | BCCL         | Coking      | Patherdih-II |              2.5 | Dhanbad/Jharkhand        |
|        3 | BCCL         | Coking      | Bhojudih     |              2   | Purulia/West Bengal      |
|        4 | BCCL         | Coking      | Moonidih New |              2.5 | Dhanbad/Jharkhand        |
|        5 | CCL          | Coking      | New Kathara  |              3   | Bokaro/Jharkhand         |
|        6 | CCL          | Coking      | Tapin        |              4   | Hazaribagh/Jharkhand     |
|        7 | CCL          | Coking      | Karo         |              5   | Bokaro/Jharkhand         |
|        8 | CCL          | Coking      | Topa         |              3   | Hazaribagh/Jharkhand     |
|        9 | CCL          | Coking      | New Rajrappa |              3   | Ramgarh/Jharkhand        |
|       10 | MCL          | Non- Coking | IB-Valley    |             10   | Jharsuguda/Odisha        |
|       11 | MCL          | Non- Coking | Jagannath    |             10   | Angul/Odisha             |
|       12 | MCL          | Non- Coking | Hingula      |             10   | Angul/Odisha             |

(e):       Yes, Sir. Coking Coal washeries will help in improving the quality of coal by reducing ash percentage to 18-19% vis-à-vis improving the heat value for use in steel sector and  NonCoking  Coal  washeries  are  designed  to  reduce  the  ash  percentage  of  raw  coal  as  per  the requirement for consistent quality and improvement in heat value.