Question : DISCOVERY OF COAL RESERVES

(a) the details of income and expenditure of Coal India Limited and its various subsidiary companies during each of the last three years;

(b) the steps taken by the Union Government to make these companies profitable;

(c) the names of the areas in Palamu, Gadhava and Latehar districts of Jharkhand where coal reserves have been found along with the quantum of coal reserves in each area;

(d) whether the Union Government has any scheme to start coal mining in these areas;

(e) if so, whether any proposal has been received by the State Government in this regard; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL (DR. DASARI NARAYANA RAO)

(a) The details of income and expenditure of Coal India Limited (CIL) and its subsidiary companies during the last three years are as under:-

(Rs. in crorcs)
Company	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05(Prov.)	Income Expenditure	Income Expenditure	Income Expenditure
ECL	2918.90 3257.68	3232.76 3559.14	3286.71 3310.43
BCCL	2081.31 2588.44	2138.12 2707.97	2559.12 2604.63
CCL	2855.57 2470.92	3065.85 2695.48	3625.58 3171.74
NCL	3332.21 2839.20	3788.30 2141.24	4462.89 2397.41
WCL	3244.22 2771.70	3592.61 2849.01	4290.44 3034.41
SECL	4181.57 3299.44	4881.97 3567.75	5683.63 4102.70
MCL	2117.55 1235.24	2510.44 1091.84	3103.10 1498.40
NEC/CIL	270.10 475.30	598.22 308.45	298.25 223.86
CMPDIL	124.02 122.03	143.32 141.56	135.80 133.72
Overall 21125.45 18259.95	23951.50 19062.44	27445.53 20486.28
CIL

(b) Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) and Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) are the only loss making subsidiaries of Coal India Limited. The revival plans for ECL and BCCL have been submitted to the Board of Reconstruction for Public Sector Enterprises.

(c) The Palamau District of Jharkhand State contains Hutar and Daltonganj coalfields. The Latehar District of Jharkhand State contains Auranga and Western part of North Karanpura coalfields. As per the Geological Survey of India (GSI) their reserves, as on 1.1.2005, are :-

Coalfields	Reserves (In Million Tonnes)
Hutar Coalfield	250
Daltonganj	144
Auranga	2997
North Karanpura	3900

In Garhwa District only thin and uneconomical seams occur.

(d) to (f) The Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) has conducted mining in a block each of Hutar, Daltonganj and North Karanpura coalfields and also has plans of mining in one more project in each coalfield.

Under the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973, coal mining for captive consumption has been permitted to the power, iron & steel and cement producers in the private sector. In pursuance of the said policy, 13 coal blocks in North Karanpura coalfields, 4 coal blocks in Auranga coalfields, 3 blocks in Daltongunj coalfields and l(one) block in Hutar coalfields in the stated area have been identified for captive mining of coal. Out of these, 9 blocks in North Karanpura area, l(one) block in Auranga coalfield, and 3 blocks in Daltonganj coalfields have been allocated/decided for allocation. The companies in favour of whom these blocks have been allocated/decided for allocation, will be required to obtain mining lease from the State Government before they could do mining.

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