(a) whether new coal deposits have been found during the last three years and the current year;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
(c) whether the Government has drawn up any action plan to exploit coal from these new coal deposits; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR COAL(SHRI PRATIK PRAKASHBAPU PATIL)
(a) & (b) : Yes, Sir. As per the estimate and inventory prepared by Geological Survey of India,
the State-wise details of the assessed coal resources during the previous three years and
current year is given below :-
(In Million Tonnes) S.No State Estimated resources as per Geological Survey of India
As on As on As on As on 01.11.2008 01.04.2009 01.04.2010 01.04.2011
1 West Bengal 28334.84 28326.79 29852.84 29954.92 2 Bihar 160.00 160.00 160.00 160.00 3 Jharkhand 75460.14 76711.96 76963.69 78935.98 4 Madhya Pradesh 20559.96 20981.01 21987.62 23125.73 5 Chhattisgarh 44134.04 44483.10 46682.01 49280.25 6 Uttar Pradesh 1061.80 1061.80 1061.80 1061.80 7 Maharashtra 9918.09 10154.74 10308.09 10533.41 8 Orissa 65263.34 65226.86 66307.25 69158.88 9 Andhra Pradesh 18696.59 18926.92 22016.24 22054.58 10 Assam 375.43 387.52 387.52 513.31 11 Sikkim 101.23 101.23 101.23 101.23 12 Arunachal Pradesh 90.23 90.23 90.23 90.23 13 Meghalaya 459.43 576.48 576.48 576.48 14 Nagaland 19.94 21.94 315.41 315.41
Total 264635.06 267210.58 276810.41 285862.21