Lok Sabha Question No. 2032 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Coal Reserves
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: SANKAR PRASAD DATTA, KANWAR SINGH TANWAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2032 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2016

## Coal Reserves

## 2032. SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA : SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR:

Will the MINISTER OF COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  coal  reserves  in  the  country  at  present  and  State-wise  quantity thereof;
- (b) the annual production of coal by the private sector in the country during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (c) the details of coal blocks allocated in the country during 2015, State-wise; and
- (d) the number of coal blocks yet to be allocated in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Inventory of Indian coal resources, quantity & State-wise, as on 01.04.2015, prepared by  GSI  on  the  basis  of  resources  estimated  by  GSI,  MECL,  CMPDIL,  SCCL,  DGM (Maharashtra & CG) and some private entrepreneur up-to a depth of 1200 meters is as follows:

## (figs 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    |

- (b) Production of coal by public and private sector during the last three years and the current year is given below.

## (Million Tonnes)

|                                            | 2013-14                                    | 2014-15                                    | 2015-16                                    | 2016-17 (up to June'16)   |
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| Public                                     | 528.080                                    | 567.032                                    | 606.676                                    | 144.396                   |
| Private                                    | 37.685                                     | 42.147                                     | 31.365                                     | 7.509                     |
| All India                                  | 565.765                                    | 609.179                                    | 638.041                                    | 151.905                   |
| Data of 2015-16 and 2016-17 is provisional | Data of 2015-16 and 2016-17 is provisional | Data of 2015-16 and 2016-17 is provisional | Data of 2015-16 and 2016-17 is provisional |                           |

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- (c)&(d) Allocation of 204 coal mines/blocks cancelled by Hon'ble Supreme Court is made in accordance with the provisions of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015. In addition, coal blocks are also allocated under the provisions of Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957.

In  the  year  2015,  73  coal  mines  were  allocated  under  the  provisions  of  the  Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015, the details of which is at Annexure I .

During the same period, 10 coal blocks were allocated under the provisions of the Mines  and  Mineral  (Development  &  Regulations)  Act,  1957.  The  details  are  at Annexure II .

Further, allocation of coal mines/blocks is an ongoing process. As and when, the coal mines/blocks  are  identified;  the  allocation  shall  be  made  in  accordance  with  the prevailing legal regimes.

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Annexure I

## State-wise details of  73 coal mines / blocks successfully auctioned and allotted under the provisions of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015.

| Sl. No   | State             | Auctioned / Allotted   | Name of Coal Mine / Block            | Successful Bidder / Allottee                             | No. of Coal Mines / Blocks   |
|----------|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1        | Chhattisgarh (14) | Allotted (9)           | Gare Palma Sector I                  | Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited            | 1                            |
| 1        | Chhattisgarh (14) | Allotted (9)           | Gare Palma Sector II                 | Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd                | 1                            |
| 1        | Chhattisgarh (14) | Allotted (9)           | Gare Palma Sector III                | Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Co Ltd               | 1                            |
| 1        | Chhattisgarh (14) | Allotted (9)           | Gidhmuri, Paturia                    | Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Co Ltd               | 2                            |
| 1        | Chhattisgarh (14) | Allotted (9)           | Parsa                                | Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd                 | 1                            |
| 1        | Chhattisgarh (14) | Allotted (9)           | Parsa East, Kanta Basan              | Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd                 | 2                            |
| 1        | Chhattisgarh (14) | Allotted (9)           | Talaipalli                           | NTPC Ltd                                                 | 1                            |
| 1        | Chhattisgarh (14) | Auctioned (5)          | Chotia                               | BHARAT ALUMINIUM COMPANY LTD                             | 1                            |
| 1        | Chhattisgarh (14) | Auctioned (5)          | Gare Palma IV-4                      | HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LIMITED                              | 1                            |
| 1        | Chhattisgarh (14) | Auctioned (5)          | Gare Palma IV-5                      | HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LIMITED                              | 1                            |
| 1        | Chhattisgarh (14) | Auctioned (5)          | Gare Palma IV-7                      | Monnet Ispat & Energy Limited                            | 1                            |
| 1        | Chhattisgarh (14) | Auctioned (5)          | Gare-Palma Sector-IV/8               | AMBUJA CEMENTS LIMITED                                   | 1                            |
| 2        | Jharkhand (21)    | Allotted (11)          | Badam                                | Bihar State Power Generation Co Ltd                      | 1                            |
| 2        | Jharkhand (21)    | Allotted (11)          | Banhardih                            | Jharkhand Urja Utpadan Nigam Ltd                         | 1                            |
| 2        | Jharkhand (21)    | Allotted (11)          | Chatti Bariatu, Chatti Bariatu South | NTPC Ltd                                                 | 2                            |
| 2        | Jharkhand (21)    | Allotted (11)          | Kerandari                            | NTPC Ltd                                                 | 1                            |
| 2        | Jharkhand (21)    | Allotted (11)          | Pachhwara Central                    | Punjab State Power Corp Ltd                              | 1                            |
| 2        | Jharkhand (21)    | Allotted (11)          | Pachhwara North                      | West Bengal Power Development Corpn. Limited             | 1                            |
| 2        | Jharkhand (21)    | Allotted (11)          | Parbatpur-Central                    | Steel Authority of India Ltd                             | 1                            |
| 2        | Jharkhand (21)    | Allotted (11)          | RajbarD& E                           | Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Ltd                                | 1                            |
| 2        | Jharkhand (21)    | Allotted (11)          | Saharpur Jamarpani                   | UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd                        | 1                            |
| 2        | Jharkhand (21)    | Allotted (11)          | Sitanala                             | Steel Authority of India Ltd                             | 1                            |
| 2        | Jharkhand (21)    | Auctioned (10)         | Brinda and Sasai                     | USHA MARTIN LIMITED                                      | 2                            |
| 2        | Jharkhand (21)    | Auctioned (10)         | Dumri                                | HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LIMITED                              | 1                            |
| 2        | Jharkhand (21)    | Auctioned (10)         | Ganeshpur                            | GMR Chhattisgarh Energy Limited                          | 1                            |
| 2        | Jharkhand (21)    | Auctioned (10)         | Jitpur                               | Adani Power Limited                                      | 1                            |
| 2        | Jharkhand (21)    | Auctioned (10)         | Kathautia                            | HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LIMITED                              | 1                            |
| 2        | Jharkhand (21)    | Auctioned (10)         | Lohari                               | ARAANYA MINES PRIVATE LIMITED                            | 1                            |
| 2        | Jharkhand (21)    | Auctioned (10)         | Meral                                | Trimula Industries Limited                               | 1                            |
| 2        | Jharkhand (21)    | Auctioned (10)         | Moitra                               | JSW STEEL LIMITED                                        | 1                            |
|          | Madhya            |                        | Tokisud North Amelia North           | ESSAR POWER MP LIMITED Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited | 1 1                          |
|          | Madhya            |                        | Bicharpur                            | UltraTech Cement Limited                                 | 1                            |
| 3        | Pradesh           | Auctioned              | Mandla North                         | Jaiprakash Associates Limited                            | 1                            |
|          | (5)               | (5)                    | Mandla-South                         | Jaypee Cement Corporation Limited                        | 1                            |
|          | Madhya            |                        | Sial Ghoghri                         | RELIANCE CEMENT COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED                  | 1                            |

| 4           | Maharashtra      | Allotted (6)   | Baranj I, Baranj II, Baranj III, Baranj IV,Manora Deep& Kiloni   | Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd                 |   6 |
|-------------|------------------|----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-----|
| 4           | Maharashtra      | Auctioned (5)  | Belgaon                                                          | Sunflag Iron and Steel Company Limited          |   1 |
| 4           | (11)             | Auctioned (5)  | Majra                                                            | Jaypee Cement Corporation Limited               |   1 |
| 4           | Maharashtra      | Auctioned (5)  | Marki Mangli III                                                 | B.S. Ispat Limited                              |   1 |
| 4           | Maharashtra      | Auctioned (5)  | Marki Mangli-I                                                   | Topworth Urja and Metals Ltd                    |   1 |
| 4           | Maharashtra      | Auctioned (5)  | Nerad Malegaon                                                   | INDRAJIT POWER PRIVATE LIMITED                  |   1 |
| 5           | Odisha (10)      | Allotted (7)   | Dulanga                                                          | NTPC Ltd                                        |   1 |
| 5           | Odisha (10)      | Allotted (7)   | Mandakini B                                                      | NTPC Ltd.                                       |   1 |
| 5           | Odisha (10)      | Allotted (7)   | Manoharpur & Manoharpur Dipside                                  | Odisha Coal& Power Limited                      |   2 |
| 5           | Odisha (10)      | Allotted (7)   | Naini                                                            | The Singareni Collieries Co Ltd                 |   1 |
| 5           | Odisha (10)      | Allotted (7)   | Utkal-E, Utkal-D                                                 | NALCO                                           |   2 |
| 5           | Odisha (10)      | Auctioned (3)  | Mandakini                                                        | MANDAKINI EXPLORATION AND MINING LIMITED        |   1 |
| 5           | Odisha (10)      | Auctioned (3)  | Talabira-I                                                       | GMR Chhattisgarh Energy Limited                 |   1 |
| 5           | Odisha (10)      | Auctioned (3)  | Utkal - C                                                        | Monnet Power Company Ltd                        |   1 |
| 6           | Telangana (1)    | Allotted (1)   | Tadicherla-I                                                     | Telangana State Power Generation Corpn. Limited |   1 |
| 7           | West Bengal (11) | Allotted (8)   | Barjora                                                          | West Bengal Power Development Corpn. Limited    |   1 |
| 7           | West Bengal (11) | Allotted (8)   | Barjora (North)                                                  | West Bengal Power Development Corpn. Limited    |   1 |
| 7           | West Bengal (11) | Allotted (8)   | Gangaramchak, Gangaramchak Bhadulia                              | West Bengal Power Development Corpn. Limited    |   2 |
| 7           | West Bengal (11) | Allotted (8)   | Kasta East                                                       | West Bengal Power Development Corpn. Limited    |   1 |
| 7           | West Bengal (11) | Allotted (8)   | Khagra Joydev                                                    | Damodar Valley Corporation                      |   1 |
| 7           | West Bengal (11) | Allotted (8)   | Tara East & West                                                 | West Bengal Power Development Corpn. Limited    |   2 |
| 7           | West Bengal (11) | Auctioned (3)  | Ardhagram                                                        | DC - OCL IRON AND STEEL LTD                     |   1 |
| 7           | West Bengal (11) | Auctioned (3)  | Sarisatolli                                                      | CESC Limited                                    |   1 |
| 7           | West Bengal (11) | Auctioned (3)  | Trans Damodar                                                    | THE DURGAPUR PROJECTS LIMITED                   |   1 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total      | Grand Total    | Grand Total                                                      | Grand Total                                     |  73 |

## Annexure II

## List  of  10  coal  blocks  allocated  under  the  provisions  of  the  Mines  and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957

|   S. No. | State          | Coal Block          | Allottee Company (ies)                             |
|----------|----------------|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Chhattisgarh   | Bhalumuda           | NTPC Ltd.                                          |
|        2 | Chhattisgarh   | Banai               | NTPC Ltd.                                          |
|        3 | Chhattisgarh   | Kente Extension     | Rajasthan Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd.                |
|        4 | Madhya Pradesh | Gondbahera Ujheni   | Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Co. Ltd.           |
|        5 | Odisha         | Tentuloi            | Odisha Thermal Power Corp. Ltd.                    |
|        6 | Odisha         | Kudanali-Luburi     | NTPC Ltd. J&K State Power Dev. Corp.               |
|        7 | Odisha         | Chandrabila         | Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation |
|        8 | Odisha         | Sarapal-Nuapara     | Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Ltd.   |
|        9 | Maharashtra    | Mahajanwadi         | Maharashtra State Power Generation Co. Ltd.        |
|       10 | Jharkhand      | Kalyanpur-Badalpara | Haryana Power Generation Corp. Ltd.                |