Lok Sabha Question No. 2037 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Coal Reserves
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: MANSHANKAR NINAMA, NISHIKANT  DUBEY, HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN, R.P. MARUTHARAJAA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2037 TO BE ANSWERED ON  10.12.2015

## Coal Reserves

## 2037. SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA:

SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:

SHRI R.P. MARUTHARAJAA:

Will the MINISTER OF COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the estimates of coal reserves in the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has conducted any recent survey to find out the coal reserves in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof/State-wise; and
- (d) the quantity of coal exploited and distributed during the last three years and the current year along with the steps taken by the Government to reduce the import of coal in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) : 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. State-wise resources identified by Geological Survey of India (GSI) as on 01.04.2015 is given below:-

(Resource in million tonne)

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

: etoN The total coal extracted from the coalfields of India during 2014-15 is 612.37 million tonnes  and  since  1950  upto  2014-15  is  around  13148  million  tonne.  (As  per  Coal Controller, MoC,Govt.of India).

(b) & (c): As a part of the coal resource survey,  0.71lakh meters of drilling has been done in 18    blocks  during  2014-15.  This  was  under  the  MoC  scheme  of  Promotional  (Regional) exploration  to  find  out  the  new  coal  resources  in  the  country.  The  details  are  enclosed  in Annexure

(d) : The  quantity  of  coal  produced  and  despatched  by  CIL  during  last  three  years  and  the current year upto September 2015 is given below:-

## (Fig. in Million Tonne)

| Year                                    |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 (upto Sept. 2015) |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|
| Quantity of coal exploited/produced     |    452.21 |    462.42 |    494.24 |                      229.55 |
| Quantity of coal distributed/despatched |    464.8  |    471.21 |    488.86 |                      251.14 |

Steps taken to reduce import of coal in the Country.

In  2014-15, the country  imported 212.013 Mt ( Coking 43.715  Mt & Non-coking 168.388 Mt). To reduce the import further, CIL has envisaged doubling its coal production to about 1 Billion  Tonnes by 2019-20 from the current  level of production. For evacuation of coal, 3 major Railway  Infrastructure Projects  have stated  for execution by Indian Railways  in  the growing coalfields of Jharkhand, Odisha & Chattisgarh.

The demand of coking coal cannot be met indigenously as the supply of high quality coking coal in the country is limited and thus no option is left but to import high quality coking coal.

.

As per  Import Policy 1993-94 of the country, coal has been put under Open General License (OGL) and therefore,  consumers are free to import coal based on their requirement. Superior quality  non-coking coal is imported mainly by coast based power plants and other industrial users viz. paper, sponge, iron, cement and captive power plants, on consideration on transport logistics,  commercial  prudence,  export  entitlements  and  inadequate  availability    of  such superior coal from indigenous sources.

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## Annexure

## PROMOTIONAL (Regional) Exploration carried out in 2014-15

| Command Area/ Agency/Coalfield   | Block                     | Drilling (In Meter)   |
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1                                | 2                         | 4                     |
| 1. COAL : -                      |                           |                       |
| A. CIL/GSI                       |                           |                       |
| Raniganj (W.Bengal)              | 1. Gaurangpur-Bankati     | 2561 1331             |
| Talcher (Odisha)                 | 2.Kantaikoliya            |                       |
| Ib River (Odisha)                | 3.Grindola                | 321                   |
|                                  | 4.Baratap                 | 2686                  |
|                                  | 5.Bandbahal               | 2687                  |
| Tatapani Ramakola (Chhatisgarh)  | 6.Pipraul                 | 3347                  |
| Sohagpur (MP)                    | 7.Malka                   | 2257                  |
|                                  | 8.Bihar                   | 2584                  |
|                                  | 9.Harri                   | 1132                  |
| CIL/GSI TOTAL                    |                           | 18905                 |
| B. CIL/MECL                      |                           |                       |
| Mand Raigarh(Chhatisgarh)        | 1.Gorhi-Mahloi            | 1494                  |
|                                  | 2.Kartala                 | 22788 5856            |
| Singrauli (Main basin)(MP)       | 3. Rajdehai 4. Sindhrawal | 8388                  |
| Bisrampur (Chhatisgarh)          | 5.Dharampur               | 8223                  |
| CIL/MECL TOTAL                   |                           | 46749                 |
| C. CIL/CMPDI                     |                           |                       |
| Wardha Valley (Maharashtra)      | 1.Bhallar                 | 1064                  |
| CIL/CMPDI TOTAL                  |                           | 1064                  |
| D. CIL/DGM (Nagaland)& Assam     |                           |                       |
| Northern Khar, Nagaland          | 1. Mokokechung District   | 427                   |
| CIL TOTAL(ALLAGENCIES)           |                           | 67144                 |
| E. SCCL/MECL                     |                           |                       |
| Godavari Valley (Telangana)      | 1.Renghanghat 2.KelliK    | 802 2773              |
| SCCLTOTAL(ALL AGENCIES)          |                           | 3575                  |
| TOTALMECL COAL                   |                           | 50324                 |
| COAL ALL AGENCIES:-              |                           |                       |
|                                  |                           | 70719                 |