Lok Sabha Question No. 400 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Coal Reserves
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: RAGHAV LAKHANPAL, KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL, JAGDAMBIKA PAL, DINESH TRIVEDI, P. KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 400 TO BE ANSWERED ON  25.02.2016

## Coal Reserves

400. SHRI RAGHAV LAKHANPAL:

SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

SHRI DINESH TRIVEDI:

SHRI P. KUMAR:

Will the MINISTER OF COAL be pleased to state :

- (a) the  estimated  quantity  of  coal  reserves  in  each  coal  producing  State  particularly  in  NorthEastern States and the quantity of coal extracted during each of the last three years and the current year,State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has taken cognizance that India's coal reserves will be exhausted in a few decades and if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) whether the current demand of coal in the country be met from various coal reserves available in the country; and
- (d) if not, the steps taken/being taken by the Government to exploit the coal reserves in various States  particularly  in  North-Eastern  States  and  increase  its  production  and  to  reduce  the import as a result thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL, POWER  AND NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY  ( SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL )

- (a): The State-wise assessment of coal resources by Geological Survey of India(GSI)  up to a depth of 1200 meters as on 01.04.2015 is as follows:

(Resources in million tonne)

| State             |    Proved |   Indicated |   Inferred |     Total |
|-------------------|-----------|-------------|------------|-----------|
| West Bengal       |  13518.1  |    13009.7  |    4906.79 |  31434.7  |
| Jharkhand         |  41462.9  |    33026.4  |    6559.47 |  81048.8  |
| Bihar             |      0    |        0    |     160    |    160    |
| Madhya Pradesh    |  10411.4  |    12783.8  |    3340.55 |  26535.8  |
| Chattisgarh       |  18237    |    34390.1  |    2285.11 |  54912.2  |
| Uttar Pradesh     |    884.04 |      177.76 |       0    |   1061.8  |
| Maharashtra       |   5953.39 |     3189.64 |    2110.21 |  11253.2  |
| Odisha            |  30746.8  |    36545    |    8507.23 |  75799.1  |
| Andhra Pradesh    |      0    |     1149.05 |     431.65 |   1580.7  |
| Telangana         |   9806.52 |     8807.92 |    2596.91 |  21211.3  |
| Assam             |    464.78 |       46.85 |       3.02 |    514.65 |
| Sikkim            |      0    |       58.25 |      42.98 |    101.23 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |     31.23 |       40.11 |      18.89 |     90.23 |
| Meghalaya         |     89.04 |       16.51 |     470.93 |    576.48 |
| Nagaland          |      8.76 |        0    |     306.65 |    315.41 |
| Total             | 131614    |   143241    |   31740.4  | 306596    |

(All figures are in Million tonnes)

| State       |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 (April to Dec.'15) |
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| W.B         |    17.654 |    20.43  |    21.652 |                       15.984 |
| Jharkhand   |    95.531 |    98.26  |   108.521 |                       77.018 |
| Odisha      |   107.894 |   110.439 |   121.379 |                       97.394 |
| U.P         |    16.091 |    14.721 |    14.957 |                        8.841 |
| M.P         |    75.422 |    73.59  |    76.403 |                       62.192 |
| Chattisgarh |   103.037 |   110.143 |   115.192 |                       86.351 |
| Maharasthra |    35.977 |    34.175 |    35.354 |                       25.559 |
| Assam       |     0.605 |     0.664 |     0.779 |                        0.173 |
| Total       |   452.211 |   462.422 |   494.238 |                      373.512 |

- (b)  :  Coal  reserves  are  notshrinking.  Every  year  about    3  to  5  Bt.  coal  resources  are  added  to  the inventory of Indian coal resources and against this, about  0.65 Bt. coal is extracted.
- (c): Yes Sir, the assessed coal reserves are adequate to meet the current demand.

Coal demand of the country,  Production from CIL source and Supply from CIL source for last three years and current year is as below:

(Figures in Million tonnes)

| Subjects                       |   2012-13 Actual |   2013-14 Actual |   2014-15 Actual |   2015-16 Target |
|--------------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| Coal Production of the country |            556.4 |           565.77 |           612.44 |              700 |
| Domestic Supply.               |            567.6 |           572.49 |           607.85 |              700 |

(d): Following steps are being taken to increase the coal reserves , production of coal in the country and to reduce the import of coal:

-  To increase the coal reserves in the country the Government has taken steps like enhanced exploration  capacity    through  induction  of  modern  equipment  like  Hydraulic  Drilling  and outsourcing.
-  CIL has envisaged for doubling its coal production i.e. 1 Bt by 2019-20 from the current level of production i.e. 494.23 Mt in 2014-15 for meeting the coal demand of the country. So far, mines/projects to produce about 908.10 Mt in 2019-20 have been identified and further plans to augment production up to 1 Billion tonne are being developed.
-  For the said purpose, a report has been prepared for assessment of the need for up-gradation of technology presently under practice in CIL mines and scope of further modernization.
-  In  order  to  maintain  the  planned  growth  in  production  and  evacuation  in  future,  CIL  has undertaken three major Railway infrastructure projects to be executed by Indian Railways in growing coalfields of SECL, MCL, & CCL.
-  High capacity mines are being planned with deployment of high capacity/ high productivity equipment in OC & UG mines of CIL.
-  Efforts are being taken up by all sub-subsidiaries for obtaining EC/FC within the scheduled time frame so that projects could able to start production.

Inspite of the above steps, the entire demand of coal will not be met indigenously as supply of coking coal in the country is limited and certain power plants were designed on the basis of imported coal in earlier years.

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