Lok Sabha Question No. 2747 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-11
Subject: Survey of Coal Vulnerable Areas
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Shri Devesh Chandra Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2747 ANSWERED ON 11.12.2024

## Survey of Coal Vulnerable Areas

## †2747.   Shri Devesh Chandra Thakur:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has recently conducted any survey in each subsidiary unit of Coal India Limited (CIL) to find out the total number of families living in coal vulnerable areas; (b) if so, the details thereof, subsidiary unit-wise;

(c) the number of families rehabilitated including the expenditure incurred thereon during each of the last three years, subsidiary unit-wise; and

- (d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to provide adequate compensation to these families?

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

(a) & (b): Coal India Ltd. (CIL) has conducted survey jointly with State authorities in some parts of the command area of Eastern Coalfield Limited (ECL) and Bharat Coking Coalfield Limited  (BCCL),  subsidiaries  of  CIL  to  find  out  the  total  no.  of  families  living  in  coal vulnerable areas. There are no other vulnerable areas in CIL except these areas. The vulnerable areas are taken over from erstwhile private mine owners during nationalisation of coal mines with the enactment of the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973.

ECL and BCCL in association with State Government of West Bengal and Jharkhand have identified families/houses for rehabilitation from identified unstable locations under Master Plan of Raniganj and Jharia Coalfields respectively. Details are as under

1. Raniganj Coalfield under ECL command area Survey conducted in 2017 by State Govt. of West Bengal, total number of beneficiaries were estimated as 28,991 with 6101 Legal Title Holders, 22668 Non-Legal Title Holders and 222 being Institutions.

2. Jharia Coalfield under BCCL command area Presently, 81 most vulnerable sites have been identified by joint exercise of Government of Jharkhand (District Authorities) and BCCL management in January 2023. Details of affected families under 81 vulnerable (JMP) sites are as under:

| Sl. No.   | Type                          |   No. of families affected |
|-----------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1         | BCCL Employee                 |                        649 |
| 2         | Legal Title Holder Family     |                       1130 |
| 3         | Non-Legal Title Holder Family |                      13301 |
| Total     | Total                         |                      15080 |

- (c): Number of families rehabilitated including the expenditure incurred thereon during each of the last three years, are as under-
- (i) Raniganj Coalfield under ECL command area: The details in respect of families rehabilitated and the expenditure incurred during each of the last three years under Raniganj Master Plan, are as under:
- (ii) Jharia  Coalfield  under  BCCL  command  area: Details  of  number  of  families rehabilitated and the expenditure incurred during each of last three years are as under:
- (d): The  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  adequate compensation to these families are as under-
- (i) Raniganj Coalfield under ECL command areaTo provide adequate compensation to affected families, there was R&R Package in approved Raniganj Master Plan for rehabilitation of Non-ECL families.
- (ii) Jharia Coalfield under BCCL command areaTo provide adequate compensation to affected families, there was R&R Package in approved Jharia Master Plan for rehabilitation of Non-BCCL families.

| Status                     |    2021 |   2022 |   2023 |   Total |
|----------------------------|---------|--------|--------|---------|
| No. of families shifted    | 136     |  4     |  5     | 145     |
| Expenditure incurred (Cr.) |  15.456 | 37.454 | 72.655 | 125.565 |

(A) For Non-BCCL Families

| FY      |   Expenditure (Rs. Cr.) |   Families Shifted |
|---------|-------------------------|--------------------|
| 2021-22 |                  206.48 |                 31 |
| 2022-23 |                   47.9  |                  3 |
| 2023-24 |                    6.4  |                145 |
| Total   |                  260.78 |                179 |

(B) For BCCL Families

| FY      |   Expenditure (Rs. Cr.) |   Families Shifted |
|---------|-------------------------|--------------------|
| 2021-22 |                    0    |                 20 |
| 2022-23 |                    0    |                231 |
| 2023-24 |                  661.57 |                189 |
| Total   |                  661.57 |                440 |

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