Lok Sabha Question No. 539 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-23
Subject: Rationalisation of Sources of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: DEVAJIBHAI GOVINDBHAI FATEPARA

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF COAL**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 539**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2015**

**“Rationalisation of Sources of Coal”**

**539.	Shri DEVAJIBHAI G. FATEPARA :**

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state :

(a)	whether the new Inter-Ministerial Task Force on Rationalisation of sources of coal constituted by the Government in June, 2014 has conveyed any recommendation to the Government ;

(b)	if so, the details thereof ;

(c)	whether the views of State Governments/State Power Utilities have been obtained by the new Task Force ;

(d)	if so, the details thereof ; and

(e)	the latest status on the review of rationalisation of linkages for coal in respect of Power Utilities ?

**A  N  S  W  E  R**

**MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL, POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY**

**(** **SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL** **)**

**(a)&(b)** **:** Yes, Madam.  The new Inter-Ministerial Task Force (IMTF) constituted by the Government in June, 2014 has submitted its Report to the Government recommending a three-step approach.  The recommendations inter-alia include rationalization of linkage sources for 19 Power Utilities (PUs) in Stage-I by swapping linkage coal between different coal companies to optimize distances and maximizing despatches of coal.

The Task Force recommended rationalization of six swap sets of PUs in Stage-II, as listed below :-

|   **S. No.** | **State**     | **Participating Companies**   |
|--------------|---------------|-------------------------------|
|            1 | Tamil Nadu    | TANGEDCO & NTPC               |
|            2 | Gujarat       | GSECL & NTPC                  |
|            3 | Maharahstra   | MAHAGENCO, NTPC & NSPCL       |
|            4 | Rajasthan     | RRVUNL & NTPC                 |
|            5 | Punjab and UP | PSPCL, DVC and UPRVUNL        |
|            6 | Haryana       | HPGCL, DVC and APCLP          |

In Stage-III, a stepwise approach to achieve further rationalization has been recommended by IMTF by identification of clusters which would result in net reduction of the overall costs, and can be effected with consent of the Gencos/States.

**(** **c)to(e** **):** IMTF had obtained views of the State Governments/State Power Utilities in the meetings held from time to time and views/inputs expressed by them were taken into consideration before finalization of the report. As per the status of implementation of recommendations of IMTF, out of total 19 TPPs recommended for rationalization by Task Force in Stage-I, Coal India Limited(CIL)  has executed Fuel Supply Agreements (FSAs) with 14 TPPs which have resulted into 16 new FSAs at subsidiaries of CIL for a quantity of 18.224 MT. Under Stage-II rationalization, one swap of domestic and imported coal has been successfully implemented between NTPC and GSECL.

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Ministry of Coal

CPD  -  Section

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New Delhi, the    21 st July, 2015.

Please provide two Mouse for the computers installed in CPD-Section as the same are not working properly and Shri Surya Kant, a Hardware Engineer himself has suggested to change the same.

( Pilli Ravi Kumar )

Under Secretary

Section Officer (Admn.),

Ministry of Coal.