Question : COAL RESERVES WITH BCCL



(a): the quantity of coal reserves with BCCL at the time of take over with area-wise, grade-wise and department- wise break up, as on January 1, 2001; and

(b): the production planning of BCCL for the Ninth and Tenth Plans with year- wise breakup?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR COAL (SHRI SYED SHAHNAWAZ HUSSAIN)

(a): Coal reserves as on 1-1-1973 for Bihar was assessed by GSI at 17365.35 million tonnes. The details are as under:

(In Million Tonnes)
Grade Proved Indicated Inferred Total
Prime 3653.21 1537.26 460.73 5651.20 Coking Medium 3393.76 3820.01 1071.33 8285.10 Coking Semi Coking 939.58 2112.19 377.28 3429.05
Total 7986.55 7469.46 1909.34 17365.35
Reserves in BCCL as on 1-1-2001 has been assessed at 19430 million tonnes with the following break-up:

(In Million Tonnes)
Grade Proved Indicated Inferred Total
Prime 4614.35 698.71 5313.06 Coking Medium 4360.48 1803.52 6164.00 Coking Non Coking 6102.74 1850.26 7953.00
Total 15077.57 4352.49 19430.06



(b): Production programme of BCCL for the IXth and Xth plans with year-wise break-up is as under:

(In Million Tonnes)
IXth plan as per AAP Xth plan(Provisional)
Year Target Actual Year Projection
1997-98 30.70 30.92 2002-03 31.00 1998-99 32.30 27.17 2003-04 31.50 1999-2000 27.50 27.90 2004-05 32.00 2000-01 29.50 26.02 2005-06 32.50 2001-02 30.00 2006-07 33.00