Lok Sabha Question No. 4456 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-30
Subject: Coking and Non-Coking Coal Reserve
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Ganesan Selvam, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Gautham Sigamani Pon, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Supriya Sadanand Sule, C.N. Annadurai, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar, Dhanush M Kumar, Manjulata Mandal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4456

## ANSWERED ON 30.03.2022

## Coking and Non-coking Coal Reserve

## 4456.  SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

SHRI SELVAM G:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR.S.:

SHRI GAUTHAM SIGAMANI PON:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH alias PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

SHRIMATI MANJULATA MANDAL:

Will the MINISTER OF COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the coking and non-coking coal reserves and their production in the country during the last five years, year and State-wise;
- (b) the  quantity  of  coking  coal  existing  in  the  country  at  present  and  the  quantity  of demand thereof;
- (c) whether there is huge difference in the demands and production of coking coal and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether India is to remain heavily dependent on imported coking coal and if so, the present status thereof;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to acquire coking coal reserves sites in foreign countries;
- (f)  if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (g) the time by which those are proposed to be acquired along with the amount of funds earmarked for the said purpose?

## ANSWER

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

(a): As  per  the  National  Inventory  for  Coal  and  Lignite Resources, year-wise and state-wise coking and non-coking coal resources added in the coal inventory during the last five years, is given below:

| (Resource in million tonne)   | (Resource in million tonne)   | (Resource in million tonne)   | (Resource in million tonne)   | (Resource in million tonne)   | (Resource in million tonne)   | (Resource in million tonne)   | (Resource in million tonne)   | (Resource in million tonne)   | (Resource in million tonne)   | (Resource in million tonne)   |
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| States                        | 2016-17                       | 2016-17                       | 2017-18                       | 2017-18                       | 2018-19                       | 2018-19                       | 2019-20                       | 2019-20                       | 2020-21                       | 2020-21                       |
|                               | Coking                        | Non- coking                   | Coking                        | Non- coking                   | Coking                        | Non- coking                   | Coking                        | Non- coking                   | Coking                        | Non- coking                   |
| West Bengal                   | 0                             | 218.82                        | 0                             | 432.42                        | 0                             | 22.91                         | 0                             | 1472.54                       | 0                             | 154.85                        |
| Jharkhand                     | 168.03                        | 2354.40                       | 674.54                        | 1452.63                       | 1439.11                       | 1487.79                       | 10.24                         | 1436.66                       | 96.05                         | 518.67                        |
| Bihar                         | 0                             | 1193.50                       | 0                             | 974.60                        | 0                             | 859.24                        | 0                             | 917.57                        | 0                             | 712.66                        |
| Madhya Pradesh                | 0                             | 1116.84                       | 0                             | 938.75                        | 0                             | 806.20                        | 0                             | 793.80                        | 0                             | 931.87                        |
| Chattisgarh                   | 0                             | 1391.88                       | 0                             | 850.88                        | 0                             | 3297.46                       | 0                             | 12244.96                      | 0                             | 3991.71                       |
| Odisha                        | 0                             | 1904.52                       | 0                             | 3862.36                       | 0                             | 2263.37                       | 0                             | 3991.12                       | 0                             | 225.99                        |
| Maharastra                    | 0                             | 1023.99                       | 0                             | 175.17                        | 0                             | 786.45                        | 0                             | 50.54                         | 0                             | 207.94                        |
| Andhra Pradesh                | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             | 97.12                         | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             | 640.01                        |
| Telangana                     | 0                             | 278.30                        | 0                             | 310.28                        | 0                             | 293.59                        | 0                             | 509.77                        | 0                             | 625.38                        |
| Nagaland                      | 0                             | 95.04                         | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             | 35.97                         | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             |
| Assam                         | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             |
| Total                         | 168.03                        | 9577.29                       | 674.54                        | 8997.09                       | 1439.11                       | 9950.10                       | 10.24                         | 21416.96                      | 96.05                         | 8009.08                       |

## Year and state wise all India production of Raw Coal in Last Five Years:

| (Quantity in Million Tonnes)                    | (Quantity in Million Tonnes)                    | (Quantity in Million Tonnes)                    | (Quantity in Million Tonnes)                    | (Quantity in Million Tonnes)                    | (Quantity in Million Tonnes)                    |
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| State                                           | 2016-17                                         | 2017-18                                         | 2018-19                                         | 2019-20                                         | 2020-21                                         |
| Coking                                          |                                                 |                                                 |                                                 |                                                 |                                                 |
| Chhattisgarh                                    | 0.110                                           | 0.182                                           | 0.247                                           | 0.250                                           | 0.219                                           |
| Jharkhand                                       | 59.604                                          | 38.768                                          | 39.641                                          | 52.364                                          | 44.387                                          |
| Madha Pradesh                                   | 0.131                                           | 0.180                                           | 0.188                                           | 0.178                                           | 0.181                                           |
| West Bengal                                     | 1.816                                           | 1.018                                           | 1.056                                           | 0.144                                           | 0.000                                           |
| Total Coking                                    | 61.661                                          | 40.148                                          | 41.132                                          | 52.936                                          | 44.787                                          |
| Non-Coking                                      |                                                 |                                                 |                                                 |                                                 |                                                 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                               | 0.000                                           | 0.000                                           | 0.000                                           | 0.000                                           | 0.000                                           |
| Assam                                           | 0.600                                           | 0.781                                           | 0.784                                           | 0.517                                           | 0.036                                           |
| Chhatisgarh                                     | 138.415                                         | 142.364                                         | 161.646                                         | 157.495                                         | 158.191                                         |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                 | 0.010                                           | 0.014                                           | 0.013                                           | 0.014                                           | 0.010                                           |
| Jharkhand                                       | 66.831                                          | 84.529                                          | 95.025                                          | 79.399                                          | 79.041                                          |
| Madhya Pradesh                                  | 104.882                                         | 111.947                                         | 118.473                                         | 125.548                                         | 132.350                                         |
| Maharashtra                                     | 40.559                                          | 42.219                                          | 49.818                                          | 54.746                                          | 47.435                                          |
| Meghalaya                                       | 2.308                                           | 1.529                                           | 0.000                                           | 0.000                                           | 0.000                                           |
| Odisha                                          | 139.359                                         | 143.328                                         | 144.312                                         | 143.016                                         | 154.151                                         |
| Telangana                                       | 61.336                                          | 62.010                                          | 65.160                                          | 65.703                                          | 52.603                                          |
| Uttar Pradesh                                   | 16.056                                          | 18.309                                          | 20.275                                          | 18.030                                          | 17.016                                          |
| West Bengal                                     | 25.851                                          | 28.222                                          | 32.080                                          | 33.470                                          | 30.463                                          |
| Total Non-coking                                | 596.207                                         | 635.252                                         | 687.586                                         | 677.938                                         | 671.296                                         |
| Total Coal                                      | 657.868                                         | 675.400                                         | 728.718                                         | 730.874                                         | 716.083                                         |
| Source: Coal Directory 2020-21 Published by CCO | Source: Coal Directory 2020-21 Published by CCO | Source: Coal Directory 2020-21 Published by CCO | Source: Coal Directory 2020-21 Published by CCO | Source: Coal Directory 2020-21 Published by CCO | Source: Coal Directory 2020-21 Published by CCO |

(b): As  per  the  National Inventory for Coal and Lignite Resources as on 01.04.2021, total coking coal resources in the country is 35100.17 million tonne.  Expected coking coal requirement during the current Financial year 2021-22 is about 84 MTPA.

(c) & (d): India's  domestic reserves are of inadequate quality to meet the demand of coking  coal.  Domestic  raw  and  washed  coking  coal  production  has  been  around  50 MTPA and around 5 MTPA respectively, whereas import of coking coal stood at more than 50 MTPA.

(e) to (g): At present, there is no such proposal with Government to acquire coking coal reserves sites in foreign countries.

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