Lok Sabha Question No. 386 (STARRED), answered on 2025-08-20
Subject: Net-zero Target for Coal Companies
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Shri Damodar Agrawal, Dr. Manna Lal Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*386 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.08.2025

Net-zero Target for Coal Companies

## †*386   DR. MANNA LAL RAWAT: SHRI DAMODAR AGRAWAL:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a)    the  details  of  the  public  and  private  sector  companies  engaged  in  coal  mining  in  the country, State-wise;
- (b)   the net-zero targets set by the Government for various coal companies and the current status of implementation of the same; and
- (c)   the details of green initiatives and environmental restoration undertaken or proposed to be undertaken to offset carbon emissions as part of net-zero commitments?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c): A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (C) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*386 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.08.2025 ASKED BY DR. MANNA LAL RAWAT AND SHRI DAMODAR AGRAWAL.

(a)    The details of the public and private sector companies having coal mines in the country, State-wise, is given at Annexure-1.

(b)    India is committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2070, as announced at the COP-26 Summit. However, the Government has not specified net zero targets for coal companies.

(c)       The  Coal  PSUs  under  the  aegis  of  Ministry  of  Coal  have  proactively  aligned  their operations with the national sustainability agenda and brought about 13,400 hectare (Ha) of land under green cover during FY 2019-20 to FY 2024-25 by way of intensive plantation and afforestation drive.  Further, the coal PSUs have set a cumulative plantation target of 12,750 Ha for the period FY 2025-26 to FY 2028-29. Year-wise breakup of the target is mentioned as under:

| Financial Year   |   Target (Ha) |
|------------------|---------------|
| 2025-26          |          2800 |
| 2026-27          |          3100 |
| 2027-28          |          3300 |
| 2028-29          |          3550 |

Further,  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change  (MoEF&CC)  while according  Environmental  clearances  to  coal mining  projects, stipulates  environmental safeguards such as installation of Solar power  plant, Afforestation and Green belt development,   engagement  of  CNG/e-vehicles  ,  mechanized  transport  systems  etc.,  to reduce  carbon emission as a part of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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## Annexue-1

State-wise list of public and private sector companies having coal mines in the country

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| State             | Public Sector Undertakings                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Private companies                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Arunachal Pradesh | --                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 1.Coal Pulz Private Ltd. 2.Pra Nuravi Minning Pvt Ltd                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Assam             | 1.Coal India Ltd(CIL) 2.Assam Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (AMDCL)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | --                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Chhattisgarh      | 1.South East Coalfield Ltd (SECL) 2.NTPC Mining Ltd(NML) 3.Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Co Ltd.(CSPGL) 4.Kerwa Coal Ltd. 5.Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd(KPCL) 6. Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd 7.Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (RRVUNL)                                           | 1.Ambuja Cements Ltd. 2. Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (BALCO) 3.CG Natural Resources Pvt Ltd. 4.Hindalco Industries Ltd. 5.Indermani Minerals India Pvt Ltd. 6.Jindal Power Limited 7.Jindal Steel and Power Limited . 8.Nilkanth Coal Mining Private Ltd 9.Prakash Industries Ltd. 10.Rungta Sons Private Limited 11.S MSteels and Powver Limited 12.Sarda Energy and Minerals Ltd. 13.Shree Cement Ltd. |
| Jharkhand         | 1.Bharat Coking Coal Ltd(BCCL) 2.Central Coalfields Ltd(CCL) 3.Damodar Valley Corporation(DVC) 4.Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL) 5.NLC India Ltd 6.NMDC 7.NTPC Mining Ltd. 8.Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited(PVUNL) 9.Steel Authority of India Ltd 10.Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation Ltd(APMDCL) | 1.Adani Enterprises Ltd. 2.Araanya Mines Pvt. Ltd. 3.Aurobindo Reality and Infrastructure Private Ltd. 4.Bull Mining Private Ltd. 5.Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd. 6.Fairmine Carbons Private Ltd. 7.Gangaramchak Mining Private Ltd. 8.GMR Chhattisgarh Energy Ltd. 9.Hindalco Industries 10.Orissa Alloy Steel Pvt. Ltd. 11.RCR Steel Works Private Ltd. 12.Rungta Metals Private Ltd.                     |

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|                | 11.Assam Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(AMDCL) 12.Haryana Power Generation corporation Ltd.(HPGCL) 13.Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation Ltd(JSMDCL) 14.Punjab State Power Corp Ltd.(PSPCL) 15.Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Ltd.(TVNL) 16.UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd.(UPVUNL) 17.West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd.(WBPDCL) 18.Jharkhand Exploration and Mining Cooperation Coalfields Ltd(NCL)   | 13.Rungta Sons Private Limited 14.S MSteels and Powver Limited 15.Shreeji Nuravi Coal Mining and Trading Pvt. Ltd. 16.Shreesatya Mine Private Ltd. 17.South West Pinnacle Exploration Ltd. 18.Terri Mining Pvt Ltd. 19.Trimula Industries Ltd. 20.Twenty First Century Mining Pvt. Ltd. 21.JSW Steel Ltd.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Madhya Pradesh | 1.Northern 2.Western Coalfields Ltd.(WCL) 3.South East Coalfield Ltd(SECL) 4.THDC 5.Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation Ltd(APMDCL)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 1.ACC Ltd. 2.Auro Coal Pvt. Ltd. 3.Birla Corp. Ltd. 4.Boulder Stone Mart Private Ltd. 5.Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd. 6.EMIL Mines and Mineral Resources Ltd. 7.Ganga Khanij Private Ltd. 8.Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd. 9.JK Cements Ltd. 10.JMS Mining Pvt. Ltd. 11.JSW Cement Ltd. 12.Mahan Energen Ltd. 13.Maiki South Mining Pvt. Ltd. 14.Mineware Advisors Private Limited 15.MP Natural Resources Private Ltd. 16.Rama Cement Industries Private Ltd. 17. Reliance Cement Company Private Limited 18.Sarda Energy and Minerals Ltd. 19.Sasan Power Ltd. 20.Shri Bajrang Power and Ispat Ltd. |

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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 21.Singhal Business Private Limited 22.UltraTech Cement Ltd.                                                                                                                                                           |
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| 1.Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL) 1.Adani Power Maharashtra Ltd. 2.Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd(KPCL) Ltd.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 2.Ambuja Cements 3.Aurobindo Infrastructure 4.B.S. Ispat Ltd. 5.Indrajit Power 6.MH Natural Ltd. 7.New Era Cleantech Pvt Ltd 8.Nilkanth Infra 9.Samlok Industries 10.Sobhagya 11.Sunflag Iron Company Ltd. 12.Topworth |
| 1.Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd.(MCL) 1.GMR Chhattisgarh Energy Ltd. 2.Central Coalfields Ltd(CCL) 2.Hindalco Industries Ltd 3.NLC India Ltd 3.Jhar Minerals Resources Pvt. Ltd. 4. The Singareni Collieries Company Ltd. (SCCL) 4.Jindal Steel and Power Limited 5.JSW Energy Utkal Ltd. 5.NALCO 6.NTPC Mining Ltd 6.Mahanadi Mines and Minerals Private Ltd. 7.Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(GMDC) 7.Rungta Sons Private Limited 8.Vedanta Ltd. 8.Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd(KPCL) 9.Yazdani Steel and Power Ltd. 9.Odisha Coal &Power Ltd.(OCPL) 10.Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited(TANGEDCO) | Odisha                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 1.CESC Ltd. 2.Jitusol Developers Private Ltd. 3.JMS Mining Pvt. Ltd. 4.Odisha Metallurgical Industry Private Ltd. Corporation 5.Powerplus Traders Pvt. Ltd.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | West Bengal 1.Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) 2.Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL) 3.The Durgapur Projects Ltd (DPL) 4.West Bengal Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. (WBMDCL) 5.West Bengal Power Development               |

| Telangana     | 1.The Singareni Collieries Company Ltd. (SCCL) 2.Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Ltd   | --   |
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| Uttar Pradesh | 1.Northern Coalfield Ltd(NCL)                                                                       | --   |