Question : PAYMENT OF ROYALTY BY CIL

(a) the amount of royalty paid to various State Governments by the Coal India Limited (CIL) and its subsidiaries duringeach of the last three years and the total amount of royalty outstanding at present, subsidiary and State-wise;

(b) whether some State Governments have requested the Union Government to direct the CIL and its subsidiaries for early payment of outstanding amount of royalty;

(c) if so, the details thereof and the action taken/being taken by the Union Government in this regard; and

(d) the time by which the aforesaid amount is likely to be paid to the State Governments?

MINISTER OF STATE (IC) IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL, POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) The amount of royalty paid by subsidiaries of Coal India Limited to the various State Governments during the last three years is tabled as under:

	Rs. in crore Company	State/year	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15 Eastern Coalfields	WB	11.11	11.80	12.29 Ltd. (ECL)	Jharkhand	229.04	300.65	320.47	Total	240.15	312.45	332.76
 Baharat Coking	WB	0.04	0.43	0.00 Coal Ltd.	Jharkhand	770.45	688.25	702.99 (BCCL)	Total	770.49	688.68	702.99 Central Coalfields	Jharkhand	916.56	945.68	925.51 Ltd (CCL) Western Coalfields	MP	140.31	140.85	135.88 Ltd. (WCL)	Maharashtra	704.23	754.00	859.28	Total	844.54	894.85	995.16
 Northern Coalfields	UP	236.98	266.13	250.61 Ltd. (NCL)	Madhya Pradesh	854.99	895.50	1025.25	Total	1091.97	1161.63	1275.86 South Eastern	Chatisgarh	1624.16	1733.47	1595.71 Coalfields	MadhyaPradesh	492.99	454.63	479.18 Ltd (SECL)	Total	2117.15	2188.10	2074.89
 Mahanadi Coalfields	Orissa	1225.06	1330.30	1206.83 (MCL) North Eastern	Assam	42.69	37.85	49.25 Coalfields (NEC)	Total	7248.61	7559.54	7563.25
 The amount of royalty outstanding as on 31.03.2015 is tabled as under:	Rs. in crore Company	State Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (ECL)	WB	0.00	Jharkhand	0.00	Total	0.00
 Baharat Coking Coal Ltd.	WB	0.00 (BCCL)	Jharkhand	0.00	Total	0.00
 Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL)	Jharkhand	0.00 Western Coalfields Ltd. (WCL)	M.P	0.00	Maharashtra	0.00	Total	0.00 Northern Coalfields Ltd(NCL)	UP	10.52	Madhya Pradesh	0.95	Total	11.47 South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL)	Chattisgarh	0.04	Madhya Pradesh	0.00	Total	0.04
 Mahanadi Coalfields (MCL)	Orissa	0.00 North Eastern Coalfields (NECL)	Assam	0.00	Total(Coal	11.51	India	Limited)
 (b & c): Ministry of Coal has not recieved any such proposal from the State Governments.
 
 (d):The outstanding amount of Royalty for the month of March is being paid in April by Northern Coalfields Ltd(NCL). As regards South Eastern Coalfields Ltd, due to some discrepancies in the billing, the amount of royalty remains unpaid to the Government of Chattisgarh.