Lok Sabha Question No. 188 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-18
Subject: Clearance to Coal Based Power Plants
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Umesh G. Jadhav, Jaisiddeshwar Shivacharya Mahaswamiji, Sanganna Amarappa Karadi, B. Y. Raghavendra, Annasaheb Shankar Jolle

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 188

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2022

## Clearance to Coal Based Power Plants

188.

DR. UMESH G. JADHAV:

SHRI SHA.BRA.DR.JAI SIDDESHWAR

SHIVACHARYA MAHASWAMIJI:

SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA:

SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has given clearance forsetting-up of only one coal-based power plant in 2021honouring Paris Agreement duly reflecting country'scommitment for use of cleaner energy sources and 'net-zero' emission goal through decarbonisation its economy;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of approvals given to coal-basedpower plants in the country during the last three years and the current year; and
- (d) whether the Government is committed todiscouraging coal-based power plants in future?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (d) The Thermal Power Projects including coal based power projects are considered for  grant  of  Environmental  Clearance  as  per  the  provisions  of  the  Environment  Impact Assessment  (EIA)  Notification,  2006,  as  amended.  India  is  a  Party  to  the  United  Nations Framework Convention  on  Climate  Change  (UNFCCC),  its  Kyoto  Protocol  and  the  Paris Agreement  (PA)  which  provide  a  global  framework  for  countries  to  collectively  address climate  change.  Two  of  India's  8  Nationally  Determined  Contributions(NDCs)  refer  to decreasing the emissions intensity of GDP and to increasing the proportion of non-fossil fuel sources in cumulative installed electric capacity in the country. Overall, India is committed to  a  low-carbon  path  of  development  and  will  continue  such  efforts  as  part  of  its development, as has been enunciated under the 'Panchamrita' announcements made at 26 th Session of the Conference of Parties (COP 26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in November, 2021 by Hon'ble P.M. which inter alia lays down that India's non-fossil energy capacity to reach 500 GW by 2030, meeting 50 per cent  of  the  country's  energy  requirements  with  renewable  energy  by  2030,  reducing projected  carbon  emissions  by  one  billion  tonnes  from  now  to  2030,  reducing  the  carbon intensity of the economy by 45 per cent by 2030, over 2005 levels, and achieving the target of net zero emissions by 2070.

The Ministry has granted Environmental Clearance to total 10 Coal based Thermal Power Projects  at  central  level  during  last  three  years  including  current  year,  the  details  are  at Annexure.

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Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  188  to  be answered  on  18.07.2022  asked  by  Dr.  Umesh  G.  Jadhav,  Shri  Sha.  Bra.  Dr.  Jai Siddeshwar, Shivacharya Mahaswami  ji, Shri Sanganna Amarappa,  Shri B.Y. Raghavendra and Shri Annasaheb Shankar Jolle regarding 'Clearances to Coal Based Power Plants'

|   S. No. | Project Name                                                                                                                                                                             | Name of State   | Date of issue of EC   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|        1 | Establishing 1x800 MWCoal Based Supercritical Thermal Power Plant and Decommissioning of 2x120 MWUnits at Ukai Thermal Power Plant by Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd. (GSECL) | Gujarat         | 13-10-2020            |
|        2 | Expansion of cogeneration power plant from 6 MWto 18 MWbyRoquette Riddhi Siddhi Private Ltd.                                                                                             | Karnataka       | 24-02-2020            |
|        3 | 3x800mw coal based Supercritical thermal Power Project by Odisha Thermal Power Corporation Ltd.                                                                                          | Odisha          | 10-12-2019            |
|        4 | 3x800 MWNLC-Talabira Thermal Power Project by M/s NLC India Ltd.                                                                                                                         | Odisha          | 02-02-2021            |
|        5 | Modernization &Expansion in Power Plant from 125.3 MWto 141 MWat Existing Facility of Shriram Nagar Industrial Area by DCM Shriram Ltd.                                                  | Rajasthan.      | 03-01-2019            |
|        6 | 1x800 MWCoal Based Singareni Thermal Power Plant Expansion from 2x600 MWto 2000 MWbyM/s Singareni collieries company Ltd.                                                                | Telangana       | 18-12-2019            |
|        7 | 14.5 MWCoal based Captive co-generation Power Plant by M/s Sri Andal Paper Mills Private Ltd.                                                                                            | Tamil Nadu      | 15-02-2021            |
|        8 | 1x600 MWEnnore Supercritical Thermal Power Project by M/s Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd.                                                                        | Tamil Nadu      | 11-12-2019            |
|        9 | 2x800 MW(Stage III) Coal Based Singrauli Supercritical Thermal Power Project by M/s NTPC Ltd.                                                                                            | Uttar Pradesh   | 13-07-2020            |
|       10 | 1x660 MWCoal based Supercritical Sagardighi Thermal Power (Expansion Phase-III, Unit 5)by M/s the West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd.                                         | West Bengal     | 24-03-2020            |