Lok Sabha Question No. 1890 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-09
Subject: Output of Thermal Power Plants
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Dean Kuriakose

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1890

## ANSWERED ON 09.12.2021

## OUTPUT OF THERMAL POWER PLANTS

1890.  ADV. DEAN KURIAKOSE:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the total output of India's thermal power plants during the last two years, month and State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  noticed  any  shortage  of  coal  supply  to  power plants during the last twelve months;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  increase  the  coal  supply  to power plants; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI  R.K. SINGH)

- (a) : Details  of  power  generation  from  thermal  power  plants  in  the  country, Month-wise and State-wise, during the last two years & current year (up to Oct'21) are enclosed at Annexure-I.

(b) & (c) : The  coal stock available with the coal  based  power  plants being monitored in Central Electricity Authority (CEA) was 41.6 Million Tonnes (MT) as on 30 th November  2020,  which  decreased  to  31.9  MT  as  on  31 st   March  2021.  Further,  with increased generation and some interruption in supply of coal by coal companies mainly due to heavy rains and increase in prices of imported coal, the coal stock at the power plants depleted to about 11.4 MT as on 30.09.2021. Subsequently, with the concerted efforts of Ministry of Power (MoP), Ministry of Coal (MoC), Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Coal India Limited (CIL) & Railways, the coal stock has started increasing and has now reached about 20.98 MT as on 05.12.2021, which is sufficient to run the plants for  an  average  of  10  days.    Further,  during  2021-22  (Apr'21-Nov'21),  the  coal  based generation in the country has increased by about 16.1% as compared to same period last year and 5.1% as compared to same period during 2019-20. Thus, though the coal stock had depleted during some months, the coal based generation has improved vis-àvis same period in previous years and now the stock has also improved. Thus, as such, there  is  no  shortage  of  coal  in  thermal  power  plants  of  the  country.  The  coal  stock position of coal based thermal power plants in the country during last twelve months (Nov'20 to Nov'21) is enclosed at Annexure-II.

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(d) & (e) : The Government has taken the following measures to increase the coal supply to power plants:

- (i) To address the issues of coal supplies to power sector, an Inter-Ministerial Sub Group  comprising  of  representatives  from  Ministries  of  Power,  Ministry  of  Coal, Ministry of Railways, Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Coal India Limited (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) meet regularly to take various operational decisions to enhance supply of coal to thermal power plants as well as  for  meeting  any  contingent  situations  relating  to  Power  Sector  including  to alleviate critical coal stock position in power plants.
- (ii) Ministry of Power has constituted a Core Management Team (CMT) with members from  MoP,  Railways,  CEA,  CIL,  NTPC,  DVC  and  POSOCO  to  ensure  close monitoring  of  coal  stocks  at  thermal  power  plants  (TPPs)  and  operational decisions are being taken in CMT to augment supply of sufficient quantity of coal to the TPPs.
- (iii) To help the power plants in enhancing their coal stock, CIL in Oct'21 has offered about  5.2  Million  Tonnes  coal  from  its  various  subsidiaries  to  State/Central Gencos for lifting through RCR/Road mode.
- (iv) Revised  coal  stocking  norms  have  been  mandated  by  CEA  mandating  the  coal stock of 17 days at pit head stations and 26 days at non-pit head stations to be maintained by power plants through February to June every year.
- (v) Recently, an Inter-Ministerial Committee comprising of Secretary (Coal), Secretary (Power), Secretary (MoEF&CC) and Chairman, Railway Board has been set up to review the situation and ensure adequate supply to power plants in the country.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1890 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 09.12.2021

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## State-wise Month-wise thermal based Generation for 2019-20

|                           | Monitored Capacity as   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   |
|---------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| State                     | on 31.03.2020           | Apr-19                | May-19                | Jun-19                | Jul-19                | Aug-19                | Sep-19                | Oct-19                | Nov-19                | Dec-19                | Jan-20                | Feb-20                | Mar-20                | Total                 |
| Delhi                     | 2208.40                 | 454.15                | 490.68                | 617.84                | 595.73                | 552.57                | 648.47                | 502.91                | 420.23                | 417.28                | 451.90                | 444.88                | 418.47                | 6015.11               |
| Haryana                   | 5971.59                 | 1151.33               | 1736.41               | 2308.95               | 1734.00               | 1441.32               | 1938.26               | 1209.16               | 702.37                | 1243.63               | 1513.24               | 1590.53               | 747.81                | 17317.01              |
| Punjab                    | 5680.00                 | 1960.24               | 1742.08               | 2611.10               | 2660.61               | 2358.76               | 2341.00               | 1678.66               | 1411.99               | 1464.59               | 1354.74               | 951.07                | 366.83                | 20901.67              |
| Rajasthan                 | 10843.13                | 3689.73               | 4212.49               | 4403.15               | 3742.33               | 3554.76               | 3930.17               | 3696.24               | 3842.42               | 4248.93               | 4313.61               | 4147.20               | 3103.59               | 46884.62              |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 23902.14                | 9992.86               | 12089.78              | 11700.14              | 10470.67              | 11100.01              | 10009.33              | 9894.13               | 8666.47               | 8650.20               | 9754.83               | 8847.30               | 8139.73               | 119315.45             |
| Uttarakhand               | 450.00                  | 197.17                | 206.91                | 171.07                | 173.93                | 204.19                | 165.90                | 75.09                 | 107.75                | 187.50                | 188.14                | 201.86                | 107.28                | 1986.79               |
| Chhattisgarh              | 23128.00                | 10173.28              | 10341.28              | 10153.26              | 10378.75              | 9412.63               | 7804.07               | 8397.69               | 9517.01               | 10412.65              | 10834.47              | 9930.17               | 10637.01              | 117992.27             |
| Gujarat                   | 23783.41                | 9170.96               | 9821.74               | 8061.71               | 7537.87               | 7395.85               | 7550.45               | 8548.29               | 8027.55               | 8067.48               | 8423.73               | 8296.50               | 7203.91               | 98106.04              |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 21150.00                | 10661.84              | 10597.64              | 9616.76               | 9283.99               | 8475.04               | 8204.33               | 8336.20               | 8965.36               | 10430.00              | 10565.25              | 10837.21              | 8844.66               | 114818.28             |
| Maharashtra               | 28173.08                | 10822.84              | 11279.20              | 11101.23              | 9235.68               | 8041.14               | 7829.19               | 8665.78               | 8635.67               | 9730.21               | 9691.98               | 10412.15              | 9556.13               | 115001.20             |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 16525.34                | 5604.53               | 5725.07               | 5294.70               | 5499.29               | 5156.86               | 4863.70               | 4119.82               | 3993.13               | 4834.45               | 5318.94               | 5080.08               | 4439.12               | 59929.69              |
| Karnataka                 | 9505.20                 | 3084.88               | 2592.96               | 1824.26               | 1608.73               | 1007.40               | 947.76                | 1081.10               | 1410.46               | 1901.21               | 2419.81               | 2668.13               | 3289.72               | 23836.42              |
| Puducherry                | 32.50                   | 21.16                 | 21.97                 | 19.89                 | 18.95                 | 21.80                 | 21.72                 | 21.92                 | 20.40                 | 21.87                 | 22.31                 | 21.17                 | 22.63                 | 255.79                |
| Tamil Nadu                | 14388.88                | 6291.08               | 6009.45               | 5639.42               | 5125.29               | 4501.14               | 4671.13               | 5268.16               | 5271.75               | 4927.33               | 5760.99               | 6156.04               | 6124.67               | 65746.45              |
| Telangana                 | 7182.50                 | 4557.43               | 4650.16               | 4352.67               | 3812.81               | 3938.22               | 3732.94               | 3339.16               | 3499.04               | 3859.17               | 4009.16               | 3875.72               | 3721.30               | 47347.78              |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 40.05                   | 8.73                  | 8.26                  | 7.00                  | 7.79                  | 7.04                  | 6.86                  | 7.29                  | 7.28                  | 7.62                  | 6.72                  | 10.44                 | 11.16                 | 96.19                 |
| Bihar                     | 6390.00                 | 2827.41               | 2875.16               | 3009.91               | 2731.51               | 2839.29               | 3121.69               | 3091.67               | 3186.78               | 2869.33               | 2880.37               | 2895.14               | 3032.50               | 35360.76              |
| Jharkhand                 | 4590.00                 | 2432.56               | 2560.13               | 2247.12               | 2131.11               | 2081.47               | 2051.89               | 1761.60               | 1889.20               | 2339.54               | 2371.73               | 2166.40               | 2039.33               | 26072.08              |
| Odisha                    | 9800.00                 | 3611.79               | 3494.10               | 3286.44               | 3293.24               | 2090.28               | 2561.48               | 3085.44               | 3694.11               | 3974.03               | 3951.89               | 3985.97               | 4496.43               | 41525.20              |
| West Bengal               | 14245.00                | 6801.57               | 7134.79               | 6593.31               | 6112.92               | 5575.82               | 5626.86               | 5304.85               | 5208.04               | 5671.56               | 5901.15               | 5875.93               | 5588.59               | 71395.39              |
| Assam                     | 1369.21                 | 578.53                | 604.35                | 580.07                | 584.23                | 492.30                | 444.52                | 516.84                | 607.70                | 612.81                | 608.05                | 558.16                | 551.13                | 6738.69               |
| Tripura                   | 1132.10                 | 564.36                | 637.56                | 617.92                | 632.39                | 534.24                | 508.53                | 512.94                | 448.30                | 457.76                | 460.09                | 348.43                | 370.42                | 6092.94               |

## Note:

1.   Gross Generation from fuel sources (Thermal)  stations of 25 MW and  above only.
2.  Figures given above indicate gross generation of all power stations (Central, State & Private Sector) located geographically in the respective State/UT.

## State-wise Month-wise thermal based Generation for 2020-21

|                           | Monitored                 | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   |
|---------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| State                     | Capacity as on 31.03.2021 | Apr-20                | May-20                | Jun-20                | Jul-20                | Aug-20                | Sep-20                | Oct-20                | Nov-20                | Dec-20                | Jan-21                | Feb-21                | Mar-21                | Total                 |
| Delhi                     | 2208.40                   | 347.75                | 482.64                | 483.79                | 474.95                | 414.83                | 371.02                | 494.38                | 505.67                | 501.15                | 357.84                | 354.90                | 515.09                | 5304.01               |
| Haryana                   | 5761.59                   | 124.81                | 450.71                | 1254.63               | 1433.45               | 455.95                | 2128.63               | 1214.21               | 436.21                | 1273.49               | 1965.82               | 1838.32               | 2320.15               | 14896.38              |
| Punjab                    | 5680.00                   | 0.00                  | 137.84                | 2028.21               | 2438.18               | 2615.90               | 2579.02               | 982.96                | 316.15                | 1341.18               | 1802.95               | 1743.96               | 2008.44               | 17994.79              |
| Rajasthan                 | 10843.13                  | 2136.00               | 3270.55               | 3415.41               | 3957.59               | 3557.94               | 3798.21               | 4145.80               | 4158.02               | 4483.85               | 4517.93               | 4311.69               | 4482.28               | 46235.27              |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 25222.14                  | 8459.88               | 9405.98               | 10179.28              | 11258.69              | 10857.30              | 11348.82              | 10601.22              | 8410.69               | 9807.10               | 10661.80              | 9643.97               | 11428.98              | 122063.71             |
| Chhattisgarh              | 23688.00                  | 8987.79               | 11100.18              | 10387.56              | 11194.84              | 11197.41              | 11348.80              | 11413.21              | 11433.82              | 12215.63              | 12014.48              | 10831.50              | 12489.28              | 134614.50             |
| Gujarat                   | 23643.41                  | 6498.83               | 7312.83               | 7785.04               | 8106.55               | 6363.80               | 8758.23               | 10064.42              | 8591.42               | 9009.84               | 8052.63               | 7644.77               | 7747.64               | 95936.00              |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 21950.00                  | 7948.05               | 9568.50               | 8740.41               | 10345.82              | 10083.81              | 9848.00               | 11107.35              | 11181.42              | 10899.50              | 11464.79              | 10073.15              | 11828.98              | 123089.78             |
| Maharashtra               | 28173.08                  | 6011.69               | 7312.30               | 6057.31               | 6932.73               | 6193.12               | 7995.78               | 9822.17               | 9684.31               | 10377.17              | 11061.09              | 10285.53              | 12404.06              | 104137.26             |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 16525.34                  | 3336.60               | 3486.33               | 3830.75               | 3566.69               | 3700.65               | 3912.90               | 3741.62               | 3455.14               | 3916.48               | 5243.12               | 5157.34               | 6121.33               | 49468.95              |
| Karnataka                 | 9505.20                   | 1906.77               | 1583.21               | 601.78                | 624.40                | 318.92                | 703.69                | 937.92                | 1205.78               | 2037.49               | 3080.14               | 2990.82               | 3870.32               | 19861.24              |
| Puducherry                | 32.50                     | 21.02                 | 21.00                 | 20.56                 | 19.55                 | 18.35                 | 18.82                 | 21.69                 | 19.61                 | 20.99                 | 17.57                 | 11.44                 | 21.55                 | 232.15                |
| Tamil Nadu                | 14388.88                  | 4060.04               | 5252.80               | 4671.48               | 4121.46               | 3630.32               | 3082.72               | 3650.33               | 4039.42               | 3717.16               | 4444.93               | 4727.35               | 5802.04               | 51200.05              |
| Telangana                 | 7572.50                   | 3202.79               | 3429.66               | 2910.43               | 3786.94               | 3534.98               | 3326.28               | 3610.01               | 3573.92               | 4335.34               | 4270.24               | 4056.81               | 4723.36               | 44760.76              |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 40.05                     | 10.80                 | 11.16                 | 10.80                 | 11.16                 | 11.16                 | 10.40                 | 5.75                  | 20.89                 | 5.78                  | 5.92                  | 6.37                  | 8.29                  | 118.48                |
| Bihar                     | 7050.00                   | 2361.07               | 2740.66               | 2759.09               | 2897.88               | 2350.76               | 2740.58               | 2964.27               | 2240.86               | 2597.04               | 3089.78               | 3185.79               | 3938.36               | 33866.14              |
| Jharkhand                 | 4460.00                   | 1593.36               | 2025.18               | 2155.57               | 2340.96               | 2454.62               | 2380.24               | 2415.65               | 2427.63               | 2296.17               | 2178.03               | 2235.80               | 2716.76               | 27219.97              |
| Odisha                    | 9800.00                   | 4322.35               | 4746.46               | 4359.25               | 4704.67               | 4514.29               | 4385.58               | 4874.78               | 4296.59               | 5018.61               | 4662.63               | 4478.90               | 4842.36               | 55206.47              |
| West Bengal               | 14245.00                  | 4426.84               | 4499.94               | 5435.71               | 6241.73               | 5797.83               | 6217.92               | 6495.95               | 5538.51               | 6373.42               | 6924.83               | 6463.69               | 8318.70               | 72735.07              |
| Assam                     | 1370.36                   | 460.82                | 436.64                | 503.27                | 421.03                | 366.59                | 441.97                | 501.00                | 423.78                | 467.92                | 507.62                | 474.57                | 692.93                | 5698.14               |
| Tripura                   | 1132.10                   | 588.46                | 619.18                | 556.84                | 568.00                | 595.17                | 590.13                | 590.83                | 575.62                | 580.39                | 645.80                | 588.70                | 544.09                | 7043.21               |

Note:

1.   Gross Generation from fuel sources (Thermal)  stations of 25 MW and  above only.
2.  Figures given above indicate gross generation of all power stations (Central, State& Private Sector) located geographically in the respective State/UT.

State-wise Month-wise thermal based Generation for 2021-22 (upto Oct-21)

|                           | Monitored Capacity as on   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   | Generation (in MUs)   |
|---------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| State                     | 31.10.2021 (in MW)         | Apr-21                | May-21                | Jun-21                | Jul-21                | Aug-21                | Sep-21                | Oct-21                | Apr-21 to Oct- 21     |
| Delhi                     | 2208.40                    | 505.90                | 450.00                | 427.39                | 401.70                | 439.88                | 364.30                | 555.27                | 3144.44               |
| Haryana                   | 5761.59                    | 1785.29               | 1072.15               | 1842.54               | 1734.84               | 2085.74               | 1912.66               | 2030.69               | 12463.91              |
| Punjab                    | 5680.00                    | 1737.89               | 1426.70               | 2191.89               | 2427.33               | 2748.81               | 1821.90               | 2132.36               | 14486.88              |
| Rajasthan                 | 11503.13                   | 4027.33               | 3465.08               | 3190.15               | 4265.20               | 3936.08               | 3293.03               | 4056.32               | 26233.19              |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 25222.14                   | 11556.56              | 10169.73              | 10915.20              | 11836.85              | 12198.34              | 11694.36              | 10902.73              | 79273.77              |
| Uttarakhand               | 450.00                     | 174.40                | 153.53                | 144.29                | 178.25                | 164.48                | 197.37                | 0.00                  | 1012.32               |
| Chhattisgarh              | 23688.00                   | 13334.09              | 12087.94              | 11544.23              | 11878.25              | 12312.29              | 9712.20               | 10694.99              | 81563.99              |
| Gujarat                   | 23643.41                   | 7567.00               | 5342.86               | 4946.83               | 5392.65               | 5296.55               | 3055.95               | 4310.04               | 35911.88              |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 21950.00                   | 11950.61              | 10450.75              | 9173.91               | 10269.82              | 9808.48               | 10180.50              | 10583.73              | 72417.80              |
| Maharashtra               | 27963.08                   | 11792.03              | 10050.50              | 8811.14               | 9256.39               | 10999.34              | 9129.26               | 9990.35               | 70029.01              |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 16525.34                   | 5087.23               | 4068.26               | 3993.96               | 5105.71               | 5118.51               | 4314.10               | 4525.89               | 32213.66              |
| Karnataka                 | 9505.20                    | 3641.21               | 1486.74               | 1029.80               | 1808.62               | 2827.74               | 2343.81               | 2793.73               | 15931.65              |
| Puducherry                | 32.50                      | 21.41                 | 21.36                 | 20.90                 | 20.94                 | 21.89                 | 21.20                 | 21.83                 | 149.53                |
| Tamil Nadu                | 14388.88                   | 6107.37               | 4921.83               | 5153.58               | 5249.43               | 5584.40               | 4841.60               | 4907.91               | 36766.12              |
| Telangana                 | 7572.50                    | 4730.36               | 4105.99               | 3966.72               | 4068.79               | 4435.95               | 4330.21               | 4481.99               | 30120.01              |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 40.05                      | 6.92                  | 6.75                  | 6.59                  | 7.66                  | 7.11                  | 7.08                  | 15.09                 | 57.20                 |
| Bihar                     | 7710.00                    | 3908.81               | 3240.62               | 3365.40               | 3353.43               | 3517.72               | 3005.45               | 3091.43               | 23482.86              |
| Jharkhand                 | 4250.00                    | 2586.91               | 2554.70               | 2354.75               | 2418.19               | 2157.00               | 2195.45               | 2279.59               | 16546.59              |
| Odisha                    | 9540.00                    | 4518.92               | 4907.89               | 4724.13               | 4986.00               | 5004.31               | 5419.64               | 4936.59               | 34497.48              |
| West Bengal               | 14245.00                   | 7730.10               | 6563.41               | 6606.32               | 6685.25               | 6348.14               | 6256.00               | 6533.40               | 46722.62              |
| Assam                     | 1370.36                    | 642.87                | 525.46                | 589.70                | 590.21                | 616.89                | 631.74                | 651.26                | 4248.13               |
| Tripura                   | 1099.60                    | 284.20                | 434.38                | 438.34                | 491.19                | 602.32                | 591.20                | 610.49                | 3452.12               |

Note: 1.   Gross Generation from fuel sources (Thermal) stations of 25 MW and  above only. 2.  Figures given above indicate gross generation of all power stations (Central, State& Private Sector) located geographically in the respective State/UT.

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)  &  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1890 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 09.12.2021 **************

| Month-wise coal stock at thermal power plants monitored in CEA   | Month-wise coal stock at thermal power plants monitored in CEA   |
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| Month                                                            | All India Stock as on last day of the month (in Million Tonnes)  |
| Nov-20                                                           | 41.6                                                             |
| Dec-20                                                           | 40.8                                                             |
| Jan-21                                                           | 37.0                                                             |
| Feb-21                                                           | 35.4                                                             |
| Mar-21                                                           | 31.9                                                             |
| Apr-21                                                           | 27.1                                                             |
| May-21                                                           | 32.6                                                             |
| Jun-21                                                           | 32.7                                                             |
| Jul-21                                                           | 26.9                                                             |
| Aug-21                                                           | 16.9                                                             |
| Sep-21                                                           | 11.4                                                             |
| Oct-21                                                           | 13.9                                                             |
| Nov-21                                                           | 19.9                                                             |

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