Lok Sabha Question No. 1496 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-10
Subject: Supply of Adulterated Coal to Power Plants
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: T.N. Prathapan, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, S. Jothimani

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1496

## ANSWERED ON 10.02.2022

## SUPPLY OF ADULTERATED COAL TO POWER PLANTS

1496. SHRI T.N. PRATHAPAN: SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY: MS. S. JOTHIMANI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  maintains  any  data  on  adulteration  of  coal supply to power producers;
- (b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) whether the recent coal supply to power producers has been found to be adulterated with rocks and mud, if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  remedy  this  situation,  especially considering the dangers of damage to power plant equipment due to adulterated coal, which leads to delays in supply and increase in costs;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (f) whether the Government also proposes to compensate power producers for damages and losses faced due to the supply of adulterated coal; and
- (g) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons for the decrease in quality of coal despite the recent increase in its production and supply?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (g) :   In order to address the issue of quality of coal dispatched by coal companies to the power utilities, a third party sampling and analysis of coal is being done by the Third Party Sampling (TPS) agency and credit/debit notes are being  issued  by  the  coal  companies  based  on  the  results  of  TPS  agency  at loading end.

..........2.

Indian  coal  is  inherently  heterogeneous  in  nature  due  to  its  drift formation and coal extracted from the same seam at different points and also in all three directions may vary in grades/quality. This variation may be below or above the grade(s) of seams of mines/sidings as/declared by the Coal Controller Organization (CCO).

The data for TPS samples having below the declared grade for the last  two  years,  Coal  India  subsidiary-wise  as  provided  by  Central  Institute  of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR), is as follows:

| CIL Subsidiary   | Samples below declared grade (in %) year-wise   | Samples below declared grade (in %) year-wise   |
|------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| CIL Subsidiary   | 2019-20                                         | 2020-21                                         |
| BCCL             | 75.02                                           | 47.09                                           |
| ECL              | 89.04                                           | 83.66                                           |
| NCL              | 27.37                                           | 32.59                                           |
| SECL             | 53.96                                           | 52.20                                           |
| WCL              | 42.33                                           | 28.29                                           |
| MCL              | 31.00                                           | 23.00                                           |
| CCL              | 53.89                                           | 47.22                                           |

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