Lok Sabha Question No. 1780 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-08
Subject: New Coal Mines
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Nama Nageswara Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1780 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2021

## New coal mines

## 1780. SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is planning to open new coal mines due to recent shortage of coal;
- (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 places and the 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 usage of coal?

## ANSWER

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

(a), (b) & (c) Details of new coal mines to be taken up for implementation by the Government and forest lands are as under :

|   SL NO | PROJECT                | SUBSIDIARY   | STATE       | TYPE   |   Forest Land in PR (in Ha) |
|---------|------------------------|--------------|-------------|--------|-----------------------------|
|       1 | HURA C                 | ECL          | Jharkhand   | OC     |                      527.04 |
|       2 | ITAPARA                | ECL          | West Bengal | OC     |                        0    |
|       3 | MURAIDIH               | BCCL         | Jharkhand   | UG     |                        0    |
|       4 | KAPURIA UG             | BCCL         | Jharkhand   | UG     |                      216.2  |
|       5 | SANGHMITRA             | CCL          | Jharkhand   | OC     |                      572.71 |
|       6 | CHANDRAGUPTA           | CCL          | Jharkhand   | OC     |                      663.9  |
|       7 | KOTRE BASANTPUR PACHMO | CCL          | Jharkhand   | OC     |                      814.93 |
|       8 | PATRATU ABC            | CCL          | Jharkhand   | UG     |                      803.45 |
|       9 | PIPARWAR PH-I          | CCL          | Jharkhand   | UG     |                       37.81 |

|   SL NO | PROJECT          | SUBSIDIARY   | STATE          | TYPE   |   Forest Land in PR (in Ha) |
|---------|------------------|--------------|----------------|--------|-----------------------------|
|      10 | PICHRI OC        | CCL          | Jharkhand      | OC     |                       23.02 |
|      11 | SAYALD OC        | CCL          | Jharkhand      | OC     |                      161    |
|      12 | DHANKASA         | WCL          | Madhya Pradesh | UG     |                      385.84 |
|      13 | GANDHIGRAM       | WCL          | Madhya Pradesh | UG     |                        7.62 |
|      14 | GAURI PAUNI      | WCL          | Maharashtra    | OC     |                        0    |
|      15 | SHARDA           | WCL          | Madhya Pradesh | UG     |                        9.5  |
|      16 | TAWA III RPR     | WCL          | Madhya Pradesh | UG     |                      127.46 |
|      17 | WAGODA           | WCL          | Maharashtra    | UG     |                        0    |
|      18 | DURGAPUR         | SECL         | Chhattisgarh   | OC     |                      237.26 |
|      19 | MADANNAGAR       | SECL         | Chhattisgarh   | OC     |                      982.6  |
|      20 | PELMA            | SECL         | Chhattisgarh   | OC     |                      761.53 |
|      21 | KETKI UG         | SECL         | Chhattisgarh   | UG     |                      208    |
|      22 | PORDA CHIMTAPANI | SECL         | Chhattisgarh   | OC     |                      183.03 |
|      23 | RAMPUR BATURA    | SECL         | Chhattisgarh   | OC     |                      112.94 |
|      24 | AMBIKA RCE       | SECL         | Chhattisgarh   | OC     |                        6.28 |
|      25 | BATURA WEST OC   | SECL         | Chhattisgarh   | OC     |                        0    |
|      26 | JHIRIA WEST      | SECL         | Chhattisgarh   | OC     |                      323.74 |
|      27 | SIARMAL          | MCL          | Odisha         | OC     |                      349.71 |
|      28 | SUBHADRA         | MCL          | Odisha         | OC     |                      146.29 |

(d) As per draft report of NITI Aayog on India Vision @2035, contribution of coal is 463 MToe in total primary energy supply of 937 MToe i.e. 49.41% for 2019-20.

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