Lok Sabha Question No. 2117 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-10
Subject: Workers in Coal Companies
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA, BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2117 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2016

## Workers in Coal Companies

## 2117.  SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA: SHRI B.SENGUTTUVAN:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of workers in different coal companies in the country as on date, State-wise and company-wise;
- (b) the number of workers employed in manual and mechanical work in the coal companies separately, State-wise and company-wise;
- (c) the  quantum  of  coal  produced  by  manual  and  mechanical  means  during  the  last  three years and the current year, company-wise and State-wise; and
- (d) the plans of the Government to improve the extractions of coal and its transportation?

## A N S W E R

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

(a)& (b): Number of workers employed in manual and mechanical work in the coal companies separately, state-wise and company-wise is as under:

| Company   | State        |   Manual |   Mechanical & Others |   Total |
|-----------|--------------|----------|-----------------------|---------|
| ECL       | West Bengal  |     2281 |                 55158 |   57439 |
| ECL       | Jharkhand    |      326 |                  8849 |    9175 |
| ECL       | TOTAL        |     2607 |                 64007 |   66614 |
| CCL       | Jharkhand    |     2047 |                 41894 |   43941 |
| CCL       | TOTAL        |     2047 |                 41894 |   43941 |
| BCCL      | Jharkhand    |      298 |                 52681 |   52979 |
| BCCL      | West Bengal  |        0 |                  1019 |    1019 |
| BCCL      | TOTAL        |      298 |                 53700 |   53998 |
| SECL      | MP           |        0 |                 24480 |   24480 |
| SECL      | Chhattisgarh |        0 |                 40423 |   40423 |
| SECL      | West Bengal  |        0 |                    53 |      53 |
| SECL      | TOTAL        |        0 |                 64956 |   64956 |
| WCL       | Maharashtra  |       61 |                 34197 |   34258 |
| WCL       | MP           |      226 |                 14654 |   14880 |
| WCL       | TOTAL        |      287 |                 48851 |   49138 |
| MCL       | Orissa       |        0 |                 22498 |   22498 |

|         | TOTAL        |    0 |   22498 |   22498 |
|---------|--------------|------|---------|---------|
| NCL     | UP           |    0 |    6757 |    6757 |
|         | MP           |    0 |    9837 |    9837 |
|         | TOTAL        |    0 |   16144 |   16144 |
| NEC     | Assam        |    0 |    1882 |    1882 |
|         | Meghalaya    |    0 |      17 |      17 |
|         | TOTAL        |    0 |    1899 |    1899 |
| CIL(HQ) | West Bengal  |    0 |     858 |     858 |
|         | TOTAL        |    0 |     858 |     858 |
| CMPDIL  | Jharkhand    |    0 |    1498 |    1498 |
|         | Chhattisgarh |    0 |     670 |     670 |
|         | MP           |    0 |     227 |     227 |
|         | Maharashtra  |    0 |     465 |     465 |
|         | Orissa       |    0 |     412 |     412 |
|         | West Bengal  |    0 |     366 |     366 |
|         | Total        |    0 |    3638 |    3638 |
| DCC     | West Bengal  |    0 |     428 |     428 |
|         | Total        |    0 |     428 |     428 |
| CIL     | Grand Total  | 5239 |  318873 |  324112 |

- (c):Subsidiary-wise  quantum  of  raw  coal  produced  by  manual  and  mechanical  means  of  Coal  India Limited during the last three years and current year, state-wise is given below:

## (Figures in Million Tones)

| State        | 2015-16 (up to January'16) (Provisional)   | 2015-16 (up to January'16) (Provisional)   | 2014-15   | 2014-15    | 2013-14   | 2013-14    | 2012-13   | 2012-13    |
|--------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|
| State        | Manual                                     | Mechanized                                 | Manual    | Mechanized | Manual    | Mechanized | Manual    | Mechanized |
| WB           | 0.343                                      | 15.915                                     | 0.533     | 20.071     | 0.78      | 18.09      | 0.922     | 16.656     |
| Jharkhand    | 0.00                                       | 14.382                                     | 0.006     | 19.397     | 0.06      | 17.11      | 0.118     | 16.205     |
| ECL          | 0.343                                      | 30.297                                     | 0.539     | 39.468     | 0.84      | 35.20      | 1.04      | 32.861     |
| WB           | 0.00                                       | 2.159                                      | 0.00      | 1.048      | 0.00      | 1.55       | 0.00      | 0.066      |
| Jharkhand    | 0.019                                      | 26.464                                     | 0.048     | 33.418     | 0.045     | 31.02      | 0.066     | 31.079     |
| BCCL         | 0.019                                      | 28.623                                     | 0.048     | 34.466     | 0.045     | 32.57      | 0.066     | 31.145     |
| Jharkhand    | 0.479                                      | 46.690                                     | 0.733     | 54.919     | 0.81      | 49.21      | 0.965     | 47.096     |
| CCL          | 0.479                                      | 46.690                                     | 0.733     | 54.919     | 0.81      | 49.21      | 0.965     | 47.096     |
| UP           | 0.00                                       | 9.943                                      | 0.00      | 14.957     | 0.00      | 14.72      | 0.00      | 16.091     |
| MP           | 0.00                                       | 54.525                                     | 0.00      | 57.527     | 0.00      | 53.92      | 0.00      | 53.930     |
| NCL          | 0.00                                       | 64.468                                     | 0.00      | 72.484     | 0.00      | 68.64      | 0.00      | 70.021     |
| MH           | 0.002                                      | 29.404                                     | 0.033     | 35.322     | 0.04      | 34.14      | 0.060     | 35.917     |
| MP           | 0.009                                      | 5.372                                      | 0.127     | 5.665      | 0.13      | 5.43       | 0.153     | 6.157      |
| WCL          | 0.011                                      | 34.776                                     | 0.160     | 40.987     | 0.17      | 39.56      | 0.213     | 42.074     |
| MP           | 0.00                                       | 11.124                                     | 0.047     | 13.036     | 0.08      | 14.04      | 0.108     | 15.074     |
| Chhattisgarh | 0.00                                       | 98.157                                     | 0.040     | 115.152    | 0.06      | 110.09     | 0.057     | 102.980    |
| SECL         | 0.00                                       | 109.281                                    | 0.087     | 128.188    | 0.14      | 124.12     | 0.165     | 118.054    |
| Odisha       | 0.00                                       | 110.072                                    | 0.00      | 121.379    | 0.00      | 110.44     | 0.00      | 107.894    |
| MCL          | 0.00                                       | 110.072                                    | 0.00      | 121.379    | 0.00      | 110.44     | 0.00      | 107.894    |
| Assam        | 0.002                                      | 0.241                                      | 0.003     | 0.776      | 0.003     | 0.66       | 0.003     | 0.602      |
| NEC          | 0.002                                      | 0.241                                      | 0.003     | 0.776      | 0.003     | 0.66       | 0.003     | 0.602      |
| CIL          | 0.854                                      | 425.448                                    | 1.570     | 492.667    | 2.01      | 460.4      | 2.452     | 449.747    |

(d)  The  focus  of  the  Government  is  on  increasing  the  domestic  production  of  coal  by expediting  Environment  &  Forest  Clearances,  pursuing  with  State  Government  for assistance in land acquisition and  making  coordinated  efforts with Railways  for movement of coal.

In  order  to  improve  transportation  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.

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