Lok Sabha Question No. 1116 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-26
Subject: Coal gasification and Liquefaction
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1116 ANSWERED ON 26.07.2023

## Coal Gasification and Liquefaction

## 1116.     SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

Will the Minister of Coal be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether the Government proposes to achieve the target of 110 MT of coal gasification and liquefaction;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof along with the time by which this target is proposed to be achieved;
- (c)   the details of the coal production by the Government during last five years, year-wise;
- (d)   the amount of coal provided by the Government to every State for power generation and Railways during the last five years;
- (e)   whether the demands of States and Railways are being fulfilled; and
- (f)   if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b): Government  has  launched  National  Coal  gasification  Mission  to  achieve  coal gasification and liquefaction of 100 MT of coal by 2030. In line with the Mission document, Coal India Limited has signed MOUs with BHEL, GAIL and IOCL to take up coal gasification projects in the country.

In order to promote coal gasification, Ministry of Coal has formulated a policy wherein, a provision has been made for 50% rebate in revenue share for all future commercial coal block auctions  for  the  coal  used  in  gasification  purpose  provided  the  coal  quantity  used  for gasification is at least 10% of total coal production. Further, separate auction window under NRS sector has been created for making coal available for new coal gasification plants.

- (c): The production of coal during the last five years, year-wise is given below-

## (in million tonnes)

| Year           |   Production of Coal |
|----------------|----------------------|
| 2018-19        |              728.718 |
| 2019-20        |              730.874 |
| 2020-21        |              716.083 |
| 2021-22        |              778.21  |
| 2022-23(Prov.) |              893.19  |

(d): The amount of coal provided by the government to every State for Power generation during last five years is given below:

(Qty. in MT)

| STATE            |   2022-23 (Provisional) |   2021-22 |   2020-21 |   2019-20 |   2018-19 |
|------------------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Andhra Pradesh   |                  39.368 |    25.733 |    21.046 |    32.237 |    32.156 |
| Assam            |                   3.063 |     2.292 |     0.823 |     1.993 |     1.467 |
| Bihar            |                  34.284 |    28.812 |    21.468 |    21.183 |    18.337 |
| Chhattisgarh     |                  90.825 |   109.024 |    99.938 |    65.638 |    67.847 |
| Delhi            |                   0     |     0     |     0     |     0     |     0.468 |
| Gujarat          |                  17.434 |    19.175 |    10.076 |    15.798 |    20.2   |
| Haryana          |                  19.024 |    14.153 |     7.897 |    11.379 |    17.147 |
| Himachal Pradesh |                   0     |     0.027 |     0     |     0     |     0     |
| Jharkhand        |                  18.513 |    29.277 |    25.673 |    24.102 |    25.529 |
| Karnataka        |                  19.237 |    15.593 |     7.572 |    10.828 |    12.256 |
| Maharashtra      |                  87.655 |    76.939 |    55.617 |    62.225 |    65.169 |
| Madhya Pradesh   |                  88.161 |    83.775 |    74.131 |    54.327 |    56.377 |
| Odisha           |                  45.668 |    41.318 |    42.156 |    33.458 |    31.013 |
| Punjab           |                  21.394 |    15.192 |    10.025 |    11.994 |    16.71  |
| Rajasthan        |                  32.735 |    14.195 |     9.675 |    14.128 |    13.383 |
| Telangana        |                  32.805 |    31.171 |    25.557 |    28.3   |    31.867 |
| Tamilnadu        |                  28.444 |    26.933 |    16.834 |    18.163 |    24.167 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |                  95.753 |    82.038 |    71.28  |    75.141 |    71.776 |
| West Bengal      |                  58.119 |    41.749 |    41.225 |    48.103 |    49.133 |
| All India        |                 732.481 |   657.397 |   540.993 |   528.997 |   555.002 |

(e) & (f): Coal India Limited is fulfilling the demand of the Power Sector and the Railways. During the fiscal 2022-23, against the target of 565 Million tonnes, CIL has dispatched 586.6 Million tonnes to the Power Sector, thereby dispatching about 22 Million tonnes over and above the targets. Regarding fulfilling the demand of Railways, the coal demand of the railways (Loco) is meagre. CIL is continuously fulfilling the coal demand (on demand basis as per NCDP Policy) of Railways as and when it is required. The dispatch to Railways (Loco) for the last 2 years from CIL is as under:

| Year    |   Despatch (in '000 tes) |
|---------|--------------------------|
| 2021-22 |                      0.8 |
| 2022-23 |                      1.6 |