(a) the amount spent against the allocation made under the Community Development Schemes by the Central Coalfields Limited during the last three years, year-wise;
(b) whether the Central Coalfields Limited proposes to enhance its production by expanding its capacity; and
(c) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR COAL (SHRI N.T. SHANMUGAM)
(a): As reported by Coal India Limited, the amount
spent against allocation made under the Community
Development Scheme by Central Coalfields Limited (CCL)
during last three years is given as under:
(Rs. in Lakh) 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 Funds 90.00 100.00 85.00 allocated Expenditure 71.00 75.00 65.58(b) & (c): CCL produced 32.4 mte. in 1999-2000. It proposes to increase its production to 36 Mte. in 2001-02, i.e. the terminal year of IX Plan. The on-going projects of CCL would mainly contribute towards this increase. Hence the thrust is on timely completion of 23 on-going projects envisaging a capacity of 17.73 Mts per annum and also to do better in capacity utilisation of existing equipments. Out of 23 on-going projects, 5 projects namely Bokaro OC, Jharkhand OC, KD hesalong OC, Parej East OC and Urimari OC will contribute production of 9.35 mte. per annum on their completion.