Lok Sabha Question No. 3115 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-17
Subject: Coal Reserves
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE, VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK, RAGHAV LAKHANPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3115 TO BE ANSWERED ON  17.12.2015

## Coal Reserves

3115. DR. PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE: SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK: SHRI RAGHAV LAKHANPAL:

Will the MINISTER OF COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the current demand of coal could be met from various coal reserves available in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the quantity of coal exploited and distributed during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) whether the coal reserves in the country are gradually shrinking; and
- (d) if so, the reasons therefor along with the steps being taken to increase the coal reserves and the production of coal in the country and to reduce the import of coal?

## ANSWER

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

(a)& (b): 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 tones)

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

Production &Supply(State-wise) for the last three years from CCO source is as under:

(Fig. in Million tones)

| State             | 2012-13    | 2012-13   | 2013-14    | 2013-14   | 2014-15    | 2014-15   |
|-------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|                   | Production | Dispatch  | Production | Dispatch  | Production | Dispatch  |
| Telangana         | 53.190     | 52.025    | 50.469     | 47.892    | 52.536     | 52.662    |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 0.073      | 0.055     | 0.000      | 0         | 0.000      | 0         |
| Assam             | 0.605      | 0.618     | 0.664      | 0.577     | 0.779      | 0.733     |

| Chhattisgarh      |   117.83 |   121.058 |   127.095 |   124.674 |   134.764 |   129.392 |
|-------------------|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Jammu& Kashmir    |    0.019 |     0.014 |     0.019 |     0.013 |     0.013 |     0.013 |
| Jharkhand         |  111.274 |   119.276 |   113.091 |   116.798 |   124.147 |   122.687 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |   75.948 |    60.411 |    75.59  |    63.096 |    87.609 |    74.242 |
| Maharashtra       |   39.134 |    38.316 |    37.223 |    37.205 |    38.257 |    38.553 |
| Meghalaya         |    5.64  |     5.64  |     5.732 |     5.732 |     5.732 |     5.732 |
| Odisha            |  110.132 |   114.213 |   112.917 |   116.795 |   123.627 |   125.382 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |   16.09  |    28.824 |    14.721 |    30.807 |    14.957 |    29.021 |
| West Bengal       |   26.467 |    26.686 |    28.244 |    28.471 |    30.014 |    29.213 |
| Total Non- Coking |  556.402 |   567.136 |   565.765 |   572.06  |   612.435 |   607.63  |

(c): 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.

(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.
-  For the said purpose, a report  has been prepared  for assessment of the need  for  upgradation 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.

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