Lok Sabha Question No. 4525 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-30
Subject: Import of Non-Coking Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Srinivas Kesineni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4525 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03.2022

## Import of Non-Coking Coal

## 4525. SHRI KESINENI SRINIVAS:

## Will the Minister of Coal be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of coal production data for the last five years, grade-wise;
- (b) the details of coal import data for the last five years, grade-wise;
- (c) whether the non-coking coal imports are increasing despite having large proven coal reserves and if so, the reasons therefor barring Covid-19 affected years; and
- (d) the details including the number of private commercial coal mines operational in India and the output produced from such mines?

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

- (a): Details of coal production for the last five years, grade-wise is as below:

## Figure in Million Tonnes

| Type        | Grade (New)   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|-------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Coking Coal | Steel-I       | 0.023     | 0.155     | 0.035     |     0.018 |     0.001 |
| Coking Coal | Steel-II      | 1.004     | 0.051     | 0.000     |     0.132 |     0.008 |
| Coking Coal | SC-1          | 0.110     | 0.182     | 0.247     |     0.25  |     0.219 |
| Coking Coal | Wash-I        | 0.315     | 0.176     | 0.058     |     0.136 |     0.202 |
| Coking Coal | Wash-II       | 3.420     | 4.552     | 4.339     |     2.303 |     2.365 |
| Coking Coal | Wash-III      | 10.796    | 3.991     | 6.577     |     7.361 |     1.82  |
| Coking Coal | Wash-IV       | 45.993    | 31.041    | 29.874    |    33.094 |    26.943 |
| Coking Coal | Wash-V        |           |           |           |     9.635 |    12.798 |
| Coking Coal | Wash-VI       |           |           |           |     0.007 |     0.431 |
| Coking Coal | SLV           | 0.000     | 0.000     | 0.002     |     0     |     0     |
| Coking Coal | Total Coking  | 61.661    | 40.148    | 41.132    |    52.936 |    44.787 |
| Non -       | G1            | 2.418     | 1.710     | 0.087     |     0.021 |     0.003 |
| Non -       | G2            | 0.309     | 0.264     | 0.480     |     0.288 |     0.027 |
| Non -       | G3            | 5.279     | 3.513     | 3.313     |     3.231 |     2.681 |
| Non -       | G4            | 17.319    | 14.535    | 15.545    |    14.472 |    14.221 |
| Non -       | G5            | 13.600    | 14.730    | 12.453    |    14.633 |     9.707 |
| Non -       | G6            | 14.140    | 10.868    | 7.900     |     4.605 |     4.252 |
| Non -       | G7            | 35.574    | 36.817    | 41.348    |    40.891 |    37.446 |
| Coking      | G8            | 29.574    | 40.980    | 54.420    |    45.546 |    47.702 |
| Coal        | G9            | 38.924    | 27.547    | 35.595    |    37.869 |    36.723 |
| Non -       | G10           | 98.175    | 91.478    | 84.227    |    78.135 |    69.883 |
| Non -       | G11           | 143.233   | 179.975   | 199.705   |   193.872 |   194.693 |
| Non -       | G12           | 91.786    | 53.418    | 66.297    |    71.628 |    73.346 |
| Non -       | G13           | 90.937    | 101.743   | 111.210   |    86.864 |    80.935 |
| Non -       | G14           | 6.419     | 44.637    | 41.037    |    58.795 |    66.297 |
| Non -       | G15           | 3.263     | 7.894     | 6.885     |    17.598 |    26.201 |
| Non -       | G16           | 4.505     | 3.544     | 3.847     |     4.033 |     6.79  |

(b): Details of coal import for the last five years, for coking and non-coking coal is given below:

|                                                                                                                                             | G17                                                                                                                                         | 0.459                                                                                                                                       | 1.467                                                                                                                                       | 3.109                                                                                                                                       | 5.282                                                                                                                                       | 0.236                                                                                                                                       |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                                                                             | Ungraded                                                                                                                                    | 0.293                                                                                                                                       | 0.132                                                                                                                                       | 0.128                                                                                                                                       | 0.175                                                                                                                                       | 0.153                                                                                                                                       |
|                                                                                                                                             | 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                                                                                                                                     |
| Note: (1) Meghalaya Coal has not been graded by Coal Controller. For Statistical purpose grade may be treated as "A" / "B" non-coking coal. | Note: (1) Meghalaya Coal has not been graded by Coal Controller. For Statistical purpose grade may be treated as "A" / "B" non-coking coal. | Note: (1) Meghalaya Coal has not been graded by Coal Controller. For Statistical purpose grade may be treated as "A" / "B" non-coking coal. | Note: (1) Meghalaya Coal has not been graded by Coal Controller. For Statistical purpose grade may be treated as "A" / "B" non-coking coal. | Note: (1) Meghalaya Coal has not been graded by Coal Controller. For Statistical purpose grade may be treated as "A" / "B" non-coking coal. | Note: (1) Meghalaya Coal has not been graded by Coal Controller. For Statistical purpose grade may be treated as "A" / "B" non-coking coal. | Note: (1) Meghalaya Coal has not been graded by Coal Controller. For Statistical purpose grade may be treated as "A" / "B" non-coking coal. |

Figure in Million Tonnes

|   Years |   Coking |   Non-Coking | Total Import   |
|---------|----------|--------------|----------------|
|  41.644 |  149.365 |       191.01 | 2016-17        |
|  47.003 |  161.245 |       208.25 | 2017-18        |
|  51.838 |  183.51  |       235.35 | 2018-19        |
|  51.833 |  196.704 |       248.54 | 2019-20        |
|  51.198 |  164.054 |       215.25 | 2020-21*       |

(c): As  per  the  current  import  policy,  coal  is  kept  under  Open  General  License (OGL) and consumers are free to import coal from the source of their choice as per their contractual prices on payment of applicable duty. Thermal power based on domestic coal may use imported coal up to 10% for blending with domestic coal, where  technically  feasible,  to  meet  the  increased  power  demand  in  the  country. However,  coal  import  (non-coking)  for  power  sector   from  April  to  January was  58.093 Million Tonnes(MT), 39.013 MT and 22.730 MT in 2019-2020, 20202021 and 2021-2022 respectively.

(d): Detail of coal production from coal mines allocated under Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 as below:

| Year                        |   Production (in Million Tonne) |
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 2016-17                     |                          15.32  |
| 2017-18                     |                          16.2   |
| 2018-19                     |                          25.09  |
| 2019-20                     |                          30.75  |
| 2020-21                     |                          37.5   |
| 2021-22(till February 2022) |                          52.074 |

Details of coal mines allocated which have got Mine Opening Permission (46 coal mines) is as below:

|   S.No. | Name of the Coal Mine   | Allocattee                                     | Central/ State / Private   | Date of Operationalisa- tion   | Producing / Non producing   |
|---------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|       1 | Chotia                  | Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd                   | Private                    | 20.11.2015                     | Producing                   |
|       2 | Gare Palma IV/4         | Hindalco Industries Ltd                        | Private                    | 12.11.2015                     | Producing                   |
|       3 | Gare Palma IV/5         | Hindalco Industries Ltd                        | Private                    | 20.11.2015                     | Producing                   |
|       4 | Gare Palma Sector       | III Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Co Ltd | SPSU                       | 26.03.2019                     | Producing                   |

| 5      | Gare Palma IV/8                        | Ambuja Cements Ltd                                   | Private   | 26.04.2018   | Producing     |
|--------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|-----------|--------------|---------------|
| 6-7    | Parsa East & Kanta East                | Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd             | SPSU      | 01.04.2015   | Producing     |
| 8      | Talaipalli                             | NTPC                                                 | CPSU      | 31.01.2018   | Producing     |
| 9-10   | Chhatti Bariatu & Chhati Bariatu South | NTPC                                                 | CPSU      | 14.11.2017   | Non producing |
| 11     | Kathautia                              | Hindalco Industries Ltd                              | Private   | 24.02.2017   | Producing     |
| 12     | Pachwara North                         | West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited    | SPSU      | 07.12.2018   | Producing     |
| 13     | Kerandari                              | NTPC                                                 | CPSU      | 13.01.2020   | Non           |
| 14     | Amelia North                           | Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited                    | Private   | 26.05.2015   | Producing     |
| 15     | Bicharpur                              | UltraTech Cement Limited                             | Private   | 10.03.2016   | Producing     |
| 16     | SialGhogri                             | RELIANCE CEMENT COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED              | Private   | 07.03.2016   | Producing     |
| 17     | Belgaon                                | Sunflag Iron and Steel Company Limited               | Private   | 01.04.2015   | Producing     |
| 18     | Marki Mangli - I                       | Topworth Urja and Metals Ltd                         | Private   | 04.04.2017   | Producing     |
| 19     | Talabira- I                            | GMR Chhattisgarh Energy Limited                      | Private   | 03.07.2015   | Producing     |
| 20     | Dulunga                                | NTPC                                                 | CPSU      | 28.02.2018   | Producing     |
| 21     | Manoharpur                             | Odisha Coal & Power Limited                          | SPSU      | 28.08.2018   | Producing     |
| 22     | Talabira -II & III                     | NLCIL                                                | CPSU      | 29.03.2019   | Producing     |
| 23     | Tadicherla-I                           | Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited | SPSU      | 11.12.2017   | Producing     |
| 24     | Sarisatolli                            | CESC Limited                                         | Private   | 10.04.2015   | Producing     |
| 25     | Barjora                                | West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited    | SPSU      | 29.08.2017   | Producing     |
| 26     | Barjora North                          | West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited    | SPSU      | 12.06.2018   | Producing     |
| 27& 28 | Gangaramchak & Gangaramchak Bhadulia   | West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited    | SPSU      | 24.04.2019   | Producing     |
| 29     | Trans Damodar                          | THE DURGAPUR PROJECTS LIMITED                        | SPSU      | 04.03.2019   | Producing     |
| 30& 31 | Tara East & West                       | West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited    | SPSU      | 17.03.2020   | Non producing |

| 32     | Ardhgram                                | OCL IRON AND STEEL LTD                              | Private   | 06.06.2018   | Producing     |
|--------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------|--------------|---------------|
| 33     | Marki Mangli III                        | B.S. Ispat Limited                                  | Private   | 30.12.2020   | Producing     |
| 34- 39 | Baranj I,II,III,IV ,Kilori & Manora dip | Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd                     | SPSU      | 12.3.2021    | Producing     |
| 40     | Utkal -D                                | NALCO                                               | CPSU      | 21.5.2021    | Non producing |
| 41     | Suliyari                                | Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. | SPSU      | 13.8.2021    | Producing     |
| 42     | Parsa                                   | Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd            | SPSU      | 2.11.2021    | Non producing |
| 43     | Gare Palma IV/7                         | Sarda Energy and Minerals Limited                   | Private   | 16.11.2021   | Producing     |
| 44     | Amelia                                  | THDC India Ltd                                      | CPSU      | 15.02.2022   | Non producing |
| 45     | Pachwara Central                        | Punjab State Power Corp Ltd                         | SPSU      | 21.2.2022    | Non producing |
| 46     | Gare Palma IV/1                         | Jindal Power Limited                                | Private   | 22.2.2022    | Non producing |

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