Lok Sabha Question No. 1264 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-09
Subject: Transportation of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1264 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2022

## Transportation of Coal

## 1264. SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

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

- (a) the details of the cost of transportation of coal across the country, State-wise;
- (b)  whether the power companies are suffering due to heavy costs of coal transportation; and
- (c) the key interventions of the Government to reduce the cost of coal transportation in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES

## (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

(a): Coal  companies  dispatch  coal  as  per  Freight  on  Board  (FoB)  basis  and  consumers have the liberty to lift coal in various modes such as rail, road and captive modes (Merry Go Round  (MGR),  Belt,  Rope  etc.)  as  per  their  choice.  Coal,  when  transported  by  Rail  is charged at Class 145A/145B and freight rate per tonne for this class for different distance slabs  is  enclosed  as Annexure A .  These  rates  have  been  notified  w.e.f.  01.11.2018  and uniformly applicable for all customers. Further, No Busy Season Surcharge and Development charge is leviable on transportation of Coal and Coke by Railways.

(b): Coal  is  supplied  to  power  plants  through  various  modes  of  transportation  like  Rail, Road, MGR, belt, ropeway, etc. The landed cost of coal at power plants includes cost of coal and transportation cost of coal and hence, for power plants located far off from the mine, the landed cost of coal increases. Thus, the transportation cost of coal directly affects landed cost of coal and thereby Energy Charge Rate (ECR), which may further affect the merit order dispatch of the Power Plants.

(c): The following steps have been taken by the Government to reduce the transportation cost:

- (i)  Rationalization of coal linkages is a policy introduced in order to reduce the distance in transportation of coal from the coal mines to the consumer. Coal linkage rationalization in the power sector has resulted in decrease in transportation cost of coal from the mines to the power  plants  leading  to  a  cheaper  coal  based  power  generation.  The  exercise  helps  in reducing the load on the transportation infrastructure, easing the evacuation constraints as well as reduction in landed cost of coal. Till date, based on the request received from the consumer's/Power plants from time to time Coal India Limited has rationalized coal quantity of about 89 Million Tonnes.
- (ii)  The  Government  in  May,  2016  allowed  flexibility  in  utilization  of  domestic  coal  by State/Central  Gencos  amongst  their  generating  stations  to  reduce  the  cost  of  power generation  by  allocating  more  coal  to  their  most  efficient  plants  as  well  as  by  saving  in transportation cost. The States may also transfer their linkage coal to Independent Power Producers  (IPPs)  selected  through  bidding  process  and  take  equivalent  power  subject  to terms and conditions mentioned in the policy.

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## Commodity - Coal & Coke Freight Rate Table

| Distance slab (Kms)   | Distance slab (Kms)   | Distance slab (Kms)   | Class- 145A      | Class-145B      |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|                       | -                     | 100                   | Trainload 216.00 | Wagonload       |
| 1 101                 | -                     | 125                   | 389.60           | 226.80 409.10   |
| 126                   | -                     | 150                   | 448.90           | 471.30          |
| 151                   | -                     | 175                   | 488.70           | 513.10          |
| 176                   | -                     | 200                   | 532.20           | 559.00          |
| 201                   | -                     | 275                   | 672.50           | 706.10          |
| 276                   | -                     | 350                   | 797.20           | 837.10          |
| 351                   | -                     | 425                   | 926.00           | 972.30          |
| 426                   | -                     | 500                   | 1054.70          | 1107.40         |
| 501                   | -                     | 600                   | 1228.00          | 1289.40         |
| 601                   | -                     | 700                   | 1398.70          | 1468.70         |
| 701                   | -                     | 730                   | 1435.60          | 1507.40         |
| 731                   | -                     | 760                   | 1484.00          | 1558.30         |
| 761                   | -                     | 790                   | 1537.90          | 1614.80         |
| 791                   | -                     | 820                   | 1586.70          | 1665.90         |
| 821                   | -                     | 850                   | 1640.30          | 1722.40         |
| 851                   | -                     | 880                   | 1688.60          | 1773.00         |
| 881                   |                       | 910                   | 1737.00          | 1823.70         |
| 911                   | -                     | 940                   | 1790.20          | 1879.90         |
| 941                   | -                     | 970                   | 1838.60          | 1930.30         |
| 971                   | -                     | 1000                  | 1891.80          | 1986.30         |
| 1001                  | -                     | 1020                  | 1919.90          | 2015.90         |
| 1021                  | -                     | 1040                  | 1955.20          | 2052.90         |
| 1041                  | -                     | 1060                  | 1990.50          | 2090.00         |
| 1061                  | -                     | 1080                  | 2025.70          | 2126.90         |
| 1081                  | -                     | 1100                  | 2061.00          | 2164.10         |
| 1101                  | -                     | 1120                  | 2090.00          | 2194.50         |
| 1121                  | -                     | 1140                  | 2125.10          | 2231.30         |
| 1141                  | -                     | 1160                  | 2160.30          | 2268.40         |
| 1161                  | -                     | 1180                  | 2195.60          | 2305.30         |
| 1181                  | -                     | 1200                  | 2230.70          | 2342.10         |
| 1201                  | -                     | 1220                  | 2259.40          | 2372.30         |
| 1221                  | -                     | 1240                  | 2294.40          | 2409.10         |
| 1241                  | -                     | 1260                  | 2329.40          | 2445.90         |
| 1261                  | -                     | 1280                  | 2364.60          | 2482.70         |
| 1281                  | -                     | 1300                  | 2399.60          | 2519.60         |
| 1301                  | -                     | 1320                  | 2427.70          | 2549.00         |
| 1321                  | -                     | 1340                  | 2462.60          | 2585.70         |
| 1341                  | -                     | 1360                  | 2497.60          | 2622.40         |
| 1361                  | -                     | 1380                  | 2532.60          | 2659.20         |
| 1381                  | -                     | 1400                  | 2567.60          | 2695.90         |
| 1401                  | -                     | 1420                  | 2596.10          | 2725.80         |
| 1421                  | -                     | 1440                  | 2630.90          | 2762.40         |
| 1441                  | -                     | 1460 1480             | 2665.80 2680.90  | 2799.00 2814.90 |
| 1461                  | -                     |                       |                  |                 |
| 1481                  | -                     | 1500                  | 2695.00          | 2829.80         |

| Distance slab (Kms)   | Distance slab (Kms)   |   Distance slab (Kms) | Class- 145A     | Class-145B      |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|                       | -                     |                  1510 | Trainload       | Wagonload       |
| 1501 1511             | -                     |                  1520 | 2706.70 2719.00 | 2842.10 2854.90 |
| 1521                  | -                     |                  1530 | 2726.10         | 2862.50         |
| 1531                  | -                     |                  1540 | 2733.40         | 2870.10         |
| 1541                  | -                     |                  1550 | 2740.60         | 2877.70         |
| 1551                  | -                     |                  1560 | 2747.80         | 2885.10         |
| 1561                  | -                     |                  1570 | 2755.10         | 2892.90         |
| 1571                  | -                     |                  1580 | 2762.30         | 2900.50         |
| 1581                  | -                     |                  1590 | 2769.50         | 2908.10         |
| 1591                  | -                     |                  1600 | 2776.70         | 2915.50         |
| 1601                  | -                     |                  1610 | 2783.90         | 2923.10         |
| 1611                  | -                     |                  1620 | 2791.20         | 2930.70         |
| 1621                  | -                     |                  1630 | 2798.40         | 2938.40         |
| 1631                  | -                     |                  1640 | 2805.60         | 2945.80         |
| 1641                  | -                     |                  1650 | 2812.80         | 2953.40         |
| 1651                  | -                     |                  1660 | 2820.10         | 2961.00         |
| 1661                  | -                     |                  1670 | 2827.30         | 2968.70         |
| 1671                  | -                     |                  1680 | 2834.50         | 2976.20         |
| 1681                  | -                     |                  1690 | 2841.70         | 2983.80         |
| 1691                  | -                     |                  1700 | 2848.90         | 2991.40         |
| 1701                  | -                     |                  1710 | 2856.20         | 2999.00         |
| 1711                  | -                     |                  1720 | 2863.40         | 3006.50         |
| 1721                  | -                     |                  1730 | 2870.60         | 3014.10         |
| 1731                  | -                     |                  1740 | 2877.90         | 3021.70         |
| 1741 1751             | -                     |                  1750 | 2885.00         | 3029.30 3036.80 |
|                       | -                     |                  1760 | 2892.30         |                 |
| 1761                  | -                     |                  1770 | 2899.50         | 3044.50         |
| 1771                  | -                     |                  1780 | 2906.80         | 3052.10         |
| 1781                  | -                     |                  1790 | 2914.00         | 3059.70         |
| 1791                  | -                     |                  1800 | 2921.10         | 3067.20         |
| 1801                  | -                     |                  1810 | 2928.40         | 3074.80         |
| 1811                  | -                     |                  1820 | 2935.60         | 3082.40         |
| 1821                  | -                     |                  1830 | 2942.90         | 3090.00         |
| 1831                  | -                     |                  1840 | 2950.10         | 3097.50         |
| 1841                  | -                     |                  1850 | 2957.20         | 3105.10         |
| 1851                  | -                     |                  1860 | 2964.50         | 3112.80         |
| 1861                  | -                     |                  1870 | 2971.70         | 3120.40         |
| 1871                  | -                     |                  1880 | 2979.00         | 3127.90         |
| 1881                  | -                     |                  1890 | 2986.20         | 3135.50         |
| 1891                  | -                     |                  1900 | 2993.30         | 3143.10         |
| 1901                  | -                     |                  1910 | 3000.60         | 3150.70         |
| 1911                  | -                     |                  1920 | 3007.80         | 3158.20         |
| 1931                  | -                     |                  1940 | 3022.30         | 3173.40         |
| 1941                  | -                     |                  1950 | 3029.60         | 3181.00         |
| 1951                  | -                     |                  1960 | 3036.70         | 3188.60         |

## Annexure -A

## Commodity - Coal & Coke Freight Rate Table

| Distance slab (Kms)   | Distance slab (Kms)   |   Distance slab (Kms) | Class- 145A       | Class-145B      |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|                       | -                     |                  1970 | Trainload 3043.90 | Wagonload       |
| 1961 1971             | -                     |                  1980 | 3051.20           | 3196.20 3203.80 |
| 1981                  | -                     |                  1990 | 3058.40           | 3211.40         |
| 1991                  | -                     |                  2000 | 3065.70           | 3218.90         |
| 2001                  | -                     |                  2010 | 3072.80           | 3226.50         |
| 2011                  | -                     |                  2020 | 3080.00           | 3234.10         |
| 2021                  | -                     |                  2030 | 3087.30           | 3241.70         |
| 2031                  | -                     |                  2040 | 3094.50           | 3249.20         |
| 2041                  | -                     |                  2050 | 3101.80           | 3256.80         |
| 2051                  | -                     |                  2060 | 3108.90           | 3264.50         |
| 2061                  | -                     |                  2070 | 3116.10           | 3272.10         |
| 2071                  | -                     |                  2080 | 3123.40           | 3279.60         |
| 2081                  | -                     |                  2090 | 3130.60           | 3287.20         |
| 2091                  | -                     |                  2100 | 3137.90           | 3294.80         |
| 2101                  | -                     |                  2110 | 3145.10           | 3302.40         |
| 2111                  | -                     |                  2120 | 3152.30           | 3309.90         |
| 2121                  | -                     |                  2130 | 3159.50           | 3317.50         |
| 2131                  | -                     |                  2140 | 3166.70           | 3325.10         |
| 2141                  | -                     |                  2150 | 3174.00           | 3332.80         |
| 2151                  | -                     |                  2160 | 3181.20           | 3340.10         |
| 2161                  | -                     |                  2170 | 3188.40           | 3347.90         |
| 2171                  | -                     |                  2180 | 3195.60           | 3355.50         |
| 2181                  | -                     |                  2190 | 3202.80           | 3363.10         |
| 2191                  | -                     |                  2200 | 3210.10           | 3370.50         |
| 2201                  | -                     |                  2210 | 3217.30           | 3378.10         |
| 2211                  | -                     |                  2220 | 3224.50           | 3385.70         |
| 2221                  | -                     |                  2230 | 3231.70           | 3393.40         |
| 2231                  | -                     |                  2240 | 3238.90           | 3400.80         |
| 2241                  | -                     |                  2250 | 3246.20           | 3408.40         |
| 2251                  | -                     |                  2260 | 3253.40           | 3416.10         |
| 2261                  | -                     |                  2270 | 3260.70           | 3423.70         |
| 2271                  | -                     |                  2280 | 3267.80           | 3431.20         |
| 2281                  | -                     |                  2290 | 3275.10           | 3438.80         |
| 2291                  | -                     |                  2300 | 3282.30           | 3446.40         |
| 2301                  | -                     |                  2310 | 3289.50           | 3454.00         |
| 2311                  | -                     |                  2320 | 3296.80           | 3461.50         |
| 2321                  | -                     |                  2330 | 3303.90           | 3469.10         |
| 2331                  | -                     |                  2340 | 3311.20           | 3476.70         |
| 2341                  | -                     |                  2350 | 3318.40           | 3484.40         |
| 2351                  | -                     |                  2360 | 3325.60           | 3491.90         |
| 2361                  | -                     |                  2370 | 3332.90           | 3499.50         |
| 2371                  | -                     |                  2380 | 3340.00           | 3507.10         |
| 2381                  | -                     |                  2390 | 3347.30           | 3514.70         |
| 2391                  | -                     |                  2400 | 3354.50           | 3522.20         |

| Distance slab (Kms)   | Distance slab (Kms)   |   Distance slab (Kms) | Class- 145A     | Class-145B      |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|                       | -                     |                  2410 | Trainload       | Wagonload       |
| 2401 2411             | -                     |                  2420 | 3361.70 3369.00 | 3529.80 3537.40 |
| 2421                  | -                     |                  2430 | 3376.10         | 3545.00         |
| 2431                  | -                     |                  2440 | 3383.40         | 3552.50         |
| 2441                  | -                     |                  2450 | 3390.60         | 3560.10         |
| 2451                  | -                     |                  2460 | 397.90          | 3567.80         |
| 2461                  | -                     |                  2470 | 3405.10         | 3575.40         |
| 2471                  | -                     |                  2480 | 3412.20         | 3582.90         |
| 2481                  | -                     |                  2490 | 3419.50         | 3590.50         |
| 2491                  | -                     |                  2500 | 3426.70         | 3598.10         |
| 2501                  | -                     |                  2510 | 3434.00         | 3605.70         |
| 2511                  | -                     |                  2520 | 3441.20         | 3613.20         |
| 2521                  | -                     |                  2530 | 3448.40         | 3620.80         |
| 2531                  | -                     |                  2540 | 3455.60         | 3628.40         |
| 2541                  | -                     |                  2550 | 3462.80         | 3636.10         |
| 2551                  | -                     |                  2560 | 3470.10         | 3643.60         |
| 2561                  | -                     |                  2570 | 3477.30         | 3651.20         |
| 2571                  | -                     |                  2580 | 3484.60         | 3658.80         |
| 2581                  | -                     |                  2590 | 3491.70         | 3666.40         |
| 2591                  | -                     |                  2600 | 3498.90         | 3673.90         |
| 2601                  | -                     |                  2610 | 3506.20         | 3681.50         |
| 2611                  | -                     |                  2620 | 3513.40         | 3689.10         |
| 2621                  | -                     |                  2630 | 3520.70         | 3696.70         |
| 2631                  | -                     |                  2640 | 3527.90         | 3704.20         |
| 2641                  | -                     |                  2650 | 3535.00         | 3711.90         |
| 2651                  | -                     |                  2660 | 3542.30         | 3719.50         |
| 2661                  | -                     |                  2670 | 3549.50         | 3727.10         |
| 2671                  | -                     |                  2680 | 3556.80         | 3734.60         |
| 2681                  | -                     |                  2690 | 3564.00         | 3742.20         |
| 2691                  | -                     |                  2700 | 3571.10         | 3749.80 3757.40 |
| 2701                  | -                     |                  2710 | 3578.40         |                 |
| 2711                  | -                     |                  2720 | 3585.60         | 3764.90         |
| 2721                  | -                     |                  2730 | 3592.90         | 3772.50         |
| 2731                  | -                     |                  2740 | 3600.10         | 3780.20         |
| 2741                  | -                     |                  2750 | 3607.30         | 3787.80         |
| 2751                  | -                     |                  2760 | 3614.50         | 3795.20         |
| 2761                  | -                     |                  2770 | 3621.70         | 3802.80         |
| 2771                  | -                     |                  2780 | 3629.00         | 3810.50         |
| 2781                  | -                     |                  2790 | 3636.20         | 3818.10         |
| 2791                  | -                     |                  2800 | 3643.50         | 3825.50         |
| 2801                  | -                     |                  2810 | 3650.60         | 3833.10         |
| 2811                  | -                     |                  2820 | 3657.80         | 3840.70         |
| 2821                  | -                     |                  2830 | 3665.10         | 3848.30         |
| 2831                  | -                     |                  2840 | 3672.30         | 3855.80         |

Commodity - Coal & Coke Freight Rate Table

| Distance slab (Kms)   | Distance slab (Kms)   |   Distance slab (Kms) | Class- 145A     | Class-145B      |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|                       | -                     |                  2850 | Trainload       | Wagonload       |
| 2841 2851             | -                     |                  2860 | 3679.60 3686.70 | 3863.50 3871.10 |
| 2861                  | -                     |                  2870 | 3693.90         | 3878.70         |
| 2871                  | -                     |                  2880 | 3701.20         | 3886.20         |
| 2881                  | -                     |                  2890 | 3708.40         | 3893.80         |
| 2891                  | -                     |                  2900 | 3715.70         | 3901.40         |
| 2901                  | -                     |                  2910 | 3722.80         | 3909.00         |
| 2911                  | -                     |                  2920 | 3730.10         | 3916.50         |
| 2921                  | -                     |                  2930 | 3737.30         | 3924.10         |
| 2931                  | -                     |                  2940 | 3744.50         | 3931.70         |
| 2941                  | -                     |                  2950 | 3751.80         | 3939.40         |
| 2951                  | -                     |                  2960 | 3758.90         | 3946.90         |
| 2961                  | -                     |                  2970 | 3766.20         | 3954.50         |
| 2971                  | -                     |                  2980 | 3773.40         | 3962.10         |
| 2981                  | -                     |                  2990 | 3780.60         | 3969.70         |
| 2991                  | -                     |                  3000 | 3787.90         | 3977.20         |
| 3001                  | -                     |                  3010 | 3795.00         | 3984.80         |
| 3011                  | -                     |                  3020 | 3802.30         | 3992.40         |
| 3021                  | -                     |                  3030 | 3809.50         | 4000.00         |
| 3031                  | -                     |                  3040 | 3816.70         | 4007.50         |
| 3041                  | -                     |                  3050 | 3824.00         | 4015.20         |
| 3051                  | -                     |                  3060 | 3831.20         | 4022.80         |
| 3061                  | -                     |                  3070 | 3838.40         | 4030.40         |
| 3071                  | -                     |                  3080 | 3845.60         | 4037.90         |
| 3081                  | -                     |                  3090 | 3852.90         | 4045.50         |
| 3091                  | -                     |                  3100 | 3860.10         | 4053.10         |
| 3101                  | -                     |                  3110 | 3867.30         | 4060.70         |
| 3111                  | -                     |                  3120 | 3874.50         | 4068.20         |
| 3121                  | -                     |                  3130 | 3881.70         | 4075.80         |
| 3131                  | -                     |                  3140 | 3889.00         | 4083.50         |
| 3141                  | -                     |                  3150 | 3896.20         | 4091.10         |
| 3151                  | -                     |                  3160 | 3903.40         | 4098.60         |
| 3161                  | -                     |                  3170 | 3910.70         | 4106.20         |

| Distance slab (Kms)   | Distance slab (Kms)   |   Distance slab (Kms) | Class- 145A       | Class-145B      |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|                       | -                     |                  3180 | Trainload 3917.80 | Wagonload       |
| 3171 3181             | -                     |                  3190 | 3925.10           | 4113.80 4121.40 |
| 3191                  | -                     |                  3200 | 3932.30           | 4128.90         |
| 3201                  | -                     |                  3210 | 3939.50           | 4136.50         |
| 3211                  | -                     |                  3220 | 3946.80           | 4144.10         |
| 3221                  | -                     |                  3230 | 3953.90           | 4151.70         |
| 3231                  | -                     |                  3240 | 3961.20           | 4159.30         |
| 3241                  | -                     |                  3250 | 3968.40           | 4166.90         |
| 3251                  | -                     |                  3260 | 3975.70           | 4174.50         |
| 3261                  | -                     |                  3270 | 3982.90           | 4182.10         |
| 3271                  | -                     |                  3280 | 3990.00           | 4189.60         |
| 3281                  | -                     |                  3290 | 3997.30           | 4197.20         |
| 3291                  | -                     |                  3300 | 4004.50           | 4204.80         |
| 3301                  | -                     |                  3310 | 4011.80           | 4212.40         |
| 3311                  | -                     |                  3320 | 4019.00           | 4219.90         |
| 3321                  | -                     |                  3330 | 4026.10           | 4227.50         |
| 3331                  | -                     |                  3340 | 4033.40           | 4235.20         |
| 3341                  | -                     |                  3350 | 4040.60           | 4242.80         |
| 3351                  | -                     |                  3360 | 4047.90           | 4250.20         |
| 3361                  | -                     |                  3370 | 4055.10           | 4257.80         |
| 3371                  | -                     |                  3380 | 4062.40           | 4265.50         |
| 3381                  | -                     |                  3390 | 4069.50           | 4273.10         |
| 3391                  | -                     |                  3400 | 4076.70           | 4280.50         |
| 3401                  | -                     |                  3410 | 4084.00           | 4288.10         |
| 3411                  | -                     |                  3420 | 4091.20           | 4295.70         |
| 3421                  | -                     |                  3430 | 4098.50           | 4303.30         |
| 3431                  | -                     |                  3440 | 4105.60           | 4310.90         |
| 3441                  | -                     |                  3450 | 4112.80           | 4318.50         |
| 3451                  | -                     |                  3460 | 4120.10           | 4326.10         |
| 3461                  | -                     |                  3470 | 4127.30           | 4333.70         |
| 3471                  | -                     |                  3480 | 4134.60           | 4341.20         |
| 3481                  | -                     |                  3490 | 4141.70           | 4348.80         |
| 3491                  | -                     |                  3500 | 4148.90           | 4356.40         |