coal demand in the terminal year of XII Plan i.e. 2016-17 is projected as 980 million . The country’s estimated demand of coal assessed by Planning Commission is 772.84 million for 2012-13. Year-wise, Sector-wise break up are given as under:-
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As per the draft report of the Working Group on Coal & Lignite set up for formulation of 12th Five Year Plan, All supplyof coal to various Industries in the terminal year of XII Plan i.e. 2016-17 is projected as 980 million against the indigenous availability of 795 million .All India sector-wise supply plan are given as under:-
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The gap between demand and supply would be made up by import of coal. Government has taken a series of steps to increase coal production including expeditious Environment & Forestry clearances, pursuing with Ministry of Railways for enhancing availability of rail rakes and approaching State Government for necessary assistance in land acquisition and in problems relating to law and order. In addition, a number of steps have been taken by Coal India Ltd. and its subsidiaries for augmenting coal production which include () increasing the efficiency of the equipments, regular monitoring, mechanization as programmed and strict supervision of the existing mines and ongoing projects (ii) Capacity addition from new and future projects (iii) Consistent efforts for resolving issues of environmental & forestry clearances, land acquisition and law and order problems.
As per the Annual Plan 2012-13 of Ministry of Coal, the target of all India coal production for the year 2012-13 is set to 574.40 million and actual achievement during the year 2011-12 was 532.80 million (.) leaving an absolute growth (target) of 41.60 million . The percentage of coal production likely to be increased in the current financial year 2012-13 is 7.80% as compared to previous year.
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