Lok Sabha Question No. 2667 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-07
Subject: Domestic Coal Production
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Shri Imran Masood

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2667

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.08.2024

## Domestic Coal Production

## 2667 Shri Imran Masood:

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

- (a) the details of the production of coal since 2019, State-wise and year-wise;
- (b) the key initiatives undertaken by the Union Government to boost domestic coal production;
- (c) the quantity of coal being imported in the country for blending purposes since 2019, yearwise; and
- (d) the rationale behind the Government's policy on coal imports for blending?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF COAL AND MINES (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a): The State-wise and year-wise production of coal since 2019 is given below-

[Figure in Million Tonne (MT)]

| State / Year    |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24* |
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| Assam           |     0.517 |     0.036 |     0.028 |     0.2   |      0.2   |
| Chhattisgarh    |   157.745 |   158.41  |   154.12  |   184.895 |    207.255 |
| Jammu & Kashmir |     0.014 |     0.01  |     0.011 |     0.01  |      0.012 |
| Jharkhand       |   131.763 |   123.428 |   130.104 |   156.483 |    191.158 |
| Madhya Pradesh  |   125.726 |   132.531 |   137.975 |   146.029 |    159.227 |
| Maharashtra     |    54.746 |    47.435 |    56.528 |    63.62  |     69.282 |
| Odisha          |   143.016 |   154.151 |   185.069 |   218.981 |    239.402 |
| Telangana       |    65.703 |    52.603 |    67.233 |    69.637 |     72.521 |
| Uttar Pradesh   |    18.03  |    17.016 |    18.073 |    20.54  |     21.51  |
| West Bengal     |    33.614 |    30.463 |    29.069 |    32.796 |     37.261 |
| Total           |   730.874 |   716.083 |   778.21  |   893.191 |    997.828 |

- (b): The following steps have been taken by Government to increase coal production:
- i . Regular reviews by Ministry of Coal to expedite the development of coal blocks.
- ii. Enactment of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2021 for enabling captive mines owners (other than atomic minerals) to sell up to 50% of their annual mineral (including coal) production in the open market after meeting the requirement of the end  use  plant  linked  with  the  mine  in  such  manner  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Central Government on payment of such additional amount.

iii. Single Window Clearance portal for the coal sector to speed up the operationalization of coal mines.

- iv.  Project  Monitoring  Unit  for  hand-holding  of  coal  block  allottees  for  obtaining  various approvals / clearances for early operationalization of coal mines.
- v.  Auction  of  commercial  mining  on  revenue  sharing  basis  launched  in  2020.  Under commercial mining scheme, rebate of 50 % on final offer has been allowed for the quantity of coal produced earlier than scheduled date of production. Also, incentives on   coal gasification or liquefaction (rebate of 50 % on final offer) have been granted.
- vi.  Terms and conditions of commercial coal mining are very liberal with no restriction on utilization  of  coal,  allowing  new  companies  to  participate  in  the  bidding  process,  reduced upfront amount, adjustment of upfront amount against monthly payment,  liberal efficiency parameters  to  encourage  flexibility  to  operationalize  the  coal  mines,     transparent  bidding process, 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) through automatic  route and revenue sharing model based on the National Coal Index.

In addition to above, coal companies have also taken following steps to increase the domestic coal production:

- i. Coal India Limited (CIL) has adopted a number of measures to increase in coal production. In its Underground (UG) mines, CIL is adopting Mass Production Technologies (MPT), mainly with  Continuous  Miners  (CMs),  wherever  feasible.  CIL  has  also  planned  Highwalls  (HW) mines in view of the availability of Abandoned/ Discontinued mine. CIL is also planning large capacity UG mines wherever feasible. In its Opencast (OC) mines, CIL already has State-ofthe- Art technology in its high capacity Excavators, Dumpers and Surface Miners.
- ii. Regular liaison is being undertaken by Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) for grounding of new projects and operation of existing projects. SCCL has initiated action for developing infrastructure for evacuation of coal like CHPs,  Crushers, Mobile Crushers, Preweigh-bins etc.

(c): The  year-wise  quantity  of  coal  imported  by  Domestic  Coal  Based  Power  Plants  for blending in the country since 2019 is given below-

[Figure in Million Tonne (MT)

| Year     |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24* |
|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| Quantity |     23.75 |     10.39 |      8.11 |      35.1 |      23.93 |

* Provisional Figure

(d): As per the current import policy, coal is kept under Open General License (OGL) and consumers are free to import coal from the source of their choice as per their contractual prices on payment of applicable duty.

In order to meet the power demand and to ensure uninterrupted power supply across the country and also to maintain adequate coal reserves in domestic coal-based power plants, Ministry of Power  has  issued  advisory  on  27.06.2024  to  extend  the  advisory  dated  04.03.2024  till 15.10.2024.

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