Lok Sabha Question No. 4075 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-13
Subject: Surveys for Coal Reserves
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: ASADUDDIN OWAISI

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COAL

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4075**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON  13.08.2015**

**Surveys for Coal Reserves**

**4075.  	SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:**

Will the **MINISTER OF COAL** be pleased to state:

1. whether in addition to present coal producing States, the Government has made surveys for coal reserves in other States;
2. if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
3. the States where fresh coal reserves have been found and quantum thereof; and
4. the time by which extraction of coal from these mines is likely to be started?

**ANSWER**

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

**(a) & (b):** In addition to present coal producing States, survey for coal is being done in Nagaland & Andhra Pradesh under Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Coal. In Nagaland regional exploration has been taken up in one block. In Andhra Pradesh, detailed exploration has been taken up in one block.

**(c) & (d):** The coal resource assessment is a continuous process and is done in various steps. The total estimated quantum of coal resource in the country is 306.59 billion tonnes as per “The inventory of Geological Resources of Indian Coal” (as on 01.04.2015), prepared by the Geological Survey of India. The State-wise breakup is enclosed as Annexure.

The procedure is that after conclusion of detailed exploration in potential & economically viable areas, the project reports are prepared. Then projects are taken up for implementation which follows different time frames.

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**ANNEXURE**

**STATE-WISE  RESOURCE OF INDIAN COAL**

**(As on 01-04-2015)**

***(Resource in million tonne)***

| **State**             | **Proved**   | **Indicated**   | **Inferred**   | **Total**   |
|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
|                       |              |                 |                |             |
|                       |              |                 |                |             |
|                       | **13518**    | **13010**       | **4907**       | **31435**   |
|                       |              |                 |                |             |
| **JHARKHAND**         | **41463**    | **33026**       | **6559**       | **81049**   |
|                       |              |                 |                |             |
|                       | **0**        | **0**           | **160**        | **160**     |
|                       |              |                 |                |             |
| **MADHYA PRADESH**    | **10411**    | **12784**       | **3341**       | **26536**   |
|                       |              |                 |                |             |
| **CHHATTISGARH**      | **18237**    | **34390**       | **2285**       | **54912**   |
|                       |              |                 |                |             |
| **UTTAR PRADESH**     | **884**      | **178**         | **0**          | **1062**    |
|                       |              |                 |                |             |
|                       | **5953**     | **3190**        | **2110**       | **11253**   |
|                       |              |                 |                |             |
| **ODISHA**            | **30747**    | **36545**       | **8507**       | **75799**   |
|                       |              |                 |                |             |
| **ANDHRA PRADESH**    | **0**        | **1149**        | **432**        | **1581**    |
|                       |              |                 |                |             |
| **TELANGANA**         | **9807**     | **8808**        | **2597**       | **21211**   |
|                       |              |                 |                |             |
|                       | **465**      | **47**          | **3**          | **515**     |
|                       |              |                 |                |             |
|                       | **0**        | **58**          | **43**         | **101**     |
|                       |              |                 |                |             |
| **ARUNACHAL PRADESH** | **31**       | **40**          | **19**         | **90**      |
|                       |              |                 |                |             |
| **MEGHALAYA**         | **89**       | **17**          | **471**        | **576**     |
|                       |              |                 |                |             |
| **NAGALAND**          | **9**        | **0**           | **307**        | **315**     |
|                       |              |                 |                |             |
| **GRAND TOTAL**       | **131614**   | **143241**      | **31740**      | **306596**  |