Lok Sabha Question No. 2758 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Commission for Coal Mines
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Vijay Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2758

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2021

## Commission for Coal Mines

## 2758.  SHRI VIJAY KUMAR:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a)        whether the Government plans to constitute a commission for coal mines in India and if so, the details therefor;
- (b)        the  details of the locations of coal mines from where coal has been extracted along with the quantity of coal produced therefrom;
- (c)        whether special arrangements have been made using latest methodology to safeguard the employees of coal mines; and
- (d)       if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Government has no proposal to constitute a commission for coal mines in India.
- (b) The  details  of  the  locations  of  coal  mines  from  where  coal  has  been  extracted along with the quantity of raw coal produced during 2020-21 is given below :

| STATE                       | Production (Million Tonnes)   |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Coal India Limited          | Coal India Limited            |
| West Bengal                 | 26.09                         |
| Jharkhand                   | 18.92                         |
| Eastern Coalfields Limited  | 45.01                         |
| West Bengal                 | 0.004                         |
| Jharkhand                   | 24.65                         |
| Bharat Coking Coal Limited  | 24.66                         |
| Jharkhand                   | 62.59                         |
| Central Coalfields Limited  | 62.59                         |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 17.02                         |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 98.03                         |
| Northern Coalfields Limited | 115.04                        |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 3.02                          |
| Maharastra                  | 47.26                         |
| Western Coalfields Limited  | 50.28                         |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 9.94                          |

(Note: The figures are rounded off to two digit)

| Chhattisgarh                         | 140.66                               |
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| South Eastern Coalfields Limited     | 150.61                               |
| Odisha                               | 148.01                               |
| Mahanadi Coalfields Limited          | 148.01                               |
| Assam (Northern Eastern Coalfields)  | 0.04                                 |
| Coal India Limited (Grand Total)     | 596.22                               |
| Singareni Collieries Company Limited | Singareni Collieries Company Limited |
| Telengana                            | 50.58                                |

In addition to above,  the details of production from 33 coal mines allocated under Coal Mines(Special Provisions) Act,  2015 are given below:

| S.No.   | State          | Mine                    | Allocattee                                   |   Cumulative Coal Production till June 2021 (million ton) |
|---------|----------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Chhattisgarh   | Chotia                  | BALCO                                        |                                                     1.97  |
| 2       | Chhattisgarh   | Gare Palma IV/4         | Hindalco Industries Ltd                      |                                                     3.822 |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh   | Gare Palma IV/5         | Hindalco Industries Ltd                      |                                                     2.35  |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh   | Gare Palma IV/8         | Ambuja Cements Pvt Ltd                       |                                                     0.705 |
| 5&6     | Chhattisgarh   | Parsa East &Kanta Besan | Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd     |                                                    70.952 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh   | Talaipalli              | NTPC                                         |                                                     1.184 |
| 8       | Chhattisgarh   | Gare Palma Sector- III  | Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Co. Ltd. |                                                     2.475 |
| 9       | Jharkhand      | Kathautia               | Hindalco Industries Ltd                      |                                                     1.731 |
| 10      | Jharkhand      | Pachwara North          | WBPDCL                                       |                                                     6.83  |
| 11      | Madhya Pradesh | Amelia North            | Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd                |                                                    17.66  |
| 12      | Madhya Pradesh | Sial Ghogri             | Reliance Cement Co .Pvt Ltd                  |                                                     0.572 |
| 13      | Maharashtra    | Belgaon                 | Sunflag Iron &steel Ltd                      |                                                     1.235 |

| 14     |             | Marki Mangli -I                          | Topworth Urja &Metals Ltd                 |   0.891 |
|--------|-------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|---------|
| 15     |             | Marki Mangli -III                        | B S Ispat Ltd                             |   0.002 |
| .16-21 |             | Baranj I,II ,III ,IV ,Kilori& Manoradeep | KPCL                                      |   0.287 |
| 22     | Odisha      | Dulanga                                  | NTPC                                      |   6.024 |
| 23     | Odisha      | Manoharpur                               | Odisha Coal &Power Ltd                    |   3.528 |
| 24     |             | Talabira I                               | GMRChhattisgarh Energy Ltd                |   0.981 |
| 25     |             | Talabira II& III                         | NLC                                       |   1.464 |
| 26     | Telengana   | Tadicherla -I                            | Telengana state Power Generation Corp Ltd |   4.936 |
| 27     | West Bengal | Barjore                                  | WBPDCL                                    |   1.21  |
| 28     | West Bengal | Barjora North                            | WBPDCL                                    |   1.629 |
| 29     | West Bengal | Sarisatoli                               | CESC                                      |  11.81  |
| 30     | West Bengal | Ardhgram                                 | OCL Iron &Steel Ltd                       |   0.276 |
| 31&32  |             | Gangaramchak and Bhadulia                | WBPDCL                                    |   1.983 |
| 33     |             | TransDamodar                             | Durgapur Projects Ltd                     |   0.188 |
|        |             | Total                                    |                                           | 146.695 |

- (c  &  d). Yes  sir.  The s pecial  arrangements  that  have  been  made  by  using  the  latest methodology/technology to safeguard the employees of coal mines are as under:
- (i).  Preparation  and  implementation  of  risk  assessment  based  Safety  Management Plans (SMPs).
- (ii). Preparation and implementation of Principal Hazards Management Plans (PHMPs)  along with Trigger Action Response Plan (TARP).
- (iii). Formulation and compliance of Site-specific Risk Assessment based Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- (iv). Conducting safety audit of mines.
- (v). Online Centralized Safety Monitoring System has been developed for monitoring different safety parameters.

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