           15 coal projects have been sanctioned during XII plan period till July 2014. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today. Out of these 15 projects, a total of 8 projects are envisaged to start coal production during XII plan period i.e. by 2016-17. Details of these projects are given below
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The Minister further stated that in addition to above, 5 ongoing coal projects sanctioned earlier have also started contribution during XII plan period. The details of these projects and their likely contribution during the terminal year of XII Plan are given below:
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| 1 | MS | WCL | BALLARPUR DEEP SCHEME | 0.30 |
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| 2 | MS | WCL | GOURI DEEP | 0.34 |
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| 3 | MS | WCL | JUNAKUNADA | 0.47 |
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| SL | State | SUB | PROJECT | Projected 2016-17 | |||
| 4 | MS | WCL | UKNI SCHEME OC | 0.00 | |||
| 5 | CG | SECL | VIJAY WEST | 0.50 | |||
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Further, 42 ongoing coal projects sanctioned earlier are likely to start contribution during XII plan period. The details of these projects are given below:
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Out of these projects two projects viz. Batura OC & Vindhya UG as given above are situated in the State of Madhya Pradesh, the Minister added.
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