Lok Sabha Question No. 35 (STARRED), answered on 2021-02-03
Subject: Opening of new Coal Mines
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Sanjeev Kumar Singari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 35 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2021

## Opening of new Coal Mines

## *35.     DR. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGARI :

Will the MINISTER OF COAL be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the  Government  is  planning  to  open new coal mines;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  of  the  proposed  number  of  new  coal  mines  and  the proposed sites of mining;
- (c)   whether   the   Government   is   planning   to   use  forest  lands  for  the proposed new mines and if so, the details of place and number of hectares of forest land to be used in case of each new mine; and
- (d)  the  percentage  of  energy  needs  of  India  that  are  achieved  through  coal mining?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d):      A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred Question  No.35  for  answer  on  03.02.2021  asked  by  Dr.  Sanjeev  Kumar Singari regarding 'Opening of new Coal Mines'.

- (a) Yes Sir.
- (b) & (c): Coal India Ltd. (CIL) and its subsidiaries have planned to open 22 new coal mines. The details are as under:

|   Sl. No. | Subsidiary                           | Name of Mine              | State          | Area of Forest Land (Ha)   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|----------------|----------------------------|
|         1 | Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (ECL)        | Hura C OC                 | Jharkhand      | 560                        |
|         2 | Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. (BCCL)       | Moonidih XV Seam UG       | Jharkhand      | Nil                        |
|         3 | Central Coalfields Ltd. (CCL)        | Sanghmitra OC             | Jharkhand      | 553.53                     |
|         4 | CCL                                  | Chandragupta OC           | Jharkhand      | 663.90                     |
|         5 | CCL                                  | Patratu ABC UG            | Jharkhand      | 103.43                     |
|         6 | CCL                                  | Piparwar Ph-I UG          | Jharkhand      | 37.81                      |
|         7 | CCL                                  | Kotre Basantpur Pachmo OC | Jharkhand      | 814.93                     |
|         8 | CCL                                  | Pichri OC                 | Jharkhand      | 23.02                      |
|         9 | Northern Coalfields Ltd. (NCL)       | Semaria OC                | Madhya Pradesh | 333.16                     |
|        10 | Western Coalfields Ltd. (WCL)        | Gandhigram UG             | Madhya Pradesh | 3.28                       |
|        11 | WCL                                  | Sharda UG                 | Madhya Pradesh | 9.5                        |
|        12 | WCL                                  | Tawa III UG               | Madhya Pradesh | 101.60                     |
|        13 | WCL                                  | Dhankasa UG               | Madhya Pradesh | 385.84                     |
|        14 | South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (SECL) | Ambika OC                 | Chhattisgarh   | 6.28                       |
|        15 | SECL                                 | Rampur Batura OC          | Madhya Pradesh | 4.65                       |
|        16 | SECL                                 | Durgapur OC               | Chhattisgarh   | 251.84                     |
|        17 | SECL                                 | Ketki UG                  | Chhattisgarh   | 208                        |
|        18 | SECL                                 | Madannagar OC             | Chhattisgarh   | 982.60                     |
|        19 | SECL                                 | Pelma OC                  | Chhattisgarh   | 390.73                     |
|        20 | SECL                                 | Porda Chimtapani          | Chhattisgarh   | 183.03                     |
|        21 | SECL                                 | Batura West OC            | Madhya Pradesh | Nil                        |
|        22 | Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. (MCL)       | Siarmal OCP               | Odisha         | 349.71                     |

Further  the  following  19  coal  mines  have  been  recently  auctioned  for commercial mining under the provisions of Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 and the rules made thereunder as well as under the provisions of Mines and  Minerals  (Development  and  Regulation)  Act,  1957  and  the  rules  made thereunder:

|   Sl. No. | Block            | Successful Bid der                                         |   Area (sq. km.) | Tentatively Es timated Green Cover from For est Survey of I ndia Map (%)   | Forest Area (i n Ha) as per Mining Plan s ubmitted by prior allottee   |
|-----------|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Bandha           | EMIL Mines an d Mineral Reso urces Ltd.                    |            18.5  | 40                                                                         | Not Available                                                          |
|         2 | Brahmadiha       | The Andhra Pra desh Mineral D evelopment Cor poration Ltd. |             0.87 | --                                                                         | Nil                                                                    |
|         3 | Chakla           | Hindalco Indust ries Limited                               |             8.63 | --                                                                         | 550                                                                    |
|         4 | Dhirauli         | Stratatech Mine ral Resources P rivate Ltd.                |            26.72 | 55                                                                         | Not Available                                                          |
|         5 | Gare Palma IV /1 | Jindal Power Li mited                                      |            10.15 | --                                                                         | 91.179                                                                 |
|         6 | Gare Palma IV /7 | Sarda Energy a nd Minerals Ltd .                           |             4.82 | 5                                                                          | Nil                                                                    |
|         7 | Gondulpara       | Adani Enterpris es Limited                                 |             4.1  | --                                                                         | 176                                                                    |
|         8 | Gotitoria East   | Boulder Stone Mart Private Lt d.                           |             1.12 | --                                                                         | 98.85                                                                  |
|         9 | Gotitoria West   | Boulder Stone Mart Private Lt d.                           |             2.04 | --                                                                         | 98.85                                                                  |
|        10 | Marki Mangli II  | Yazdani Interna tional Private Lt d.                       |             3.4  | --                                                                         | 111.8                                                                  |
|        11 | Radhikapur Ea st | EMIL Mines an d Mineral Reso urces Ltd.                    |            10.16 | --                                                                         | 218.9                                                                  |
|        12 | Radhikapur W est | Vedanta Ltd.                                               |            10.29 | --                                                                         | 84.7949                                                                |

|   13 | Rajhara North ( Central & East ern)   | Fairmine Carbo ns Private Ltd.                       |   1.09 | --   | Nil           |
|------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|--------|------|---------------|
|   14 | Sahapur East                          | Chowgule and Company Privat e Ltd.                   |   6.59 | --   | 9.199         |
|   15 | Sahapur West                          | Sarda Energy a nd Minerals Ltd .                     |   6.19 | --   | 35.263        |
|   16 | Takli Jena Bell ora North & So uth    | Aurobindo Reali ty and Infrastru cture Private Lt d. |   9.36 | 0    | --            |
|   17 | Urma Pharitola                        | Aurobindo Reali ty and Infrastru cture Private Lt d. |   9.76 | 15   | Not Available |
|   18 | Urtan                                 | JMS Mining Pri vate Ltd.                             |   3.79 | 0    | Not Available |
|   19 | Urtan North                           | JMS Mining Pri vate Ltd.                             |   4.77 | --   | Nil           |

(d):  Currently,  coal  accounts  for  approximately  55%  of  the  country's  primary energy  consumption  and  CIL  accounts  for  about  83%  of  country's  coal production.

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