MINISTER OF THE STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL AND
MINISTER OF THE STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS
AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION (SHRI SRIPRAKASH JAISWAL)
(a) & (b): Yes, Sir. Ministry of Coal has received applications from various State Electricity Boards,
State Government, Central Public Sector Undertakings and private independent power producing Companies
in power sector seeking issuance of Letter of Assurance for long term coal supply. The details of Letter
of Assurances recommended during the last three years and current year upto July, 2010 are given below:
STATE NO.OF THERMAL CAPACITY (MW) POWER PLANTS
Andhra 8 6770
Pradesh
Bihar 2 2370
Chhattisgarh 20 13458
Gujarat 4 5620
Haryana 2 2020
Jharkhand 3 1085
Karnataka 1 500
Maharashtra 23 17608
Madhya 8 5460
Pradesh
Odissa 11 6440
Punjab 2 3000
Rajasthan 4 1740
Tamil 8 5660
Nadu
Uttar 15 8850
Pradesh
West 5 3270
Bengal
Total 116 83851
(c): No, Sir. There is at present no proposal to review the existing provisions under
New Coal Distribution Policy (NCDP) for recommending Letter of Assurance (LoA).
(d): 4.48 Lakh Tonnes per annum was allocated in 2007- 08 and 8.75 Lakh Tonnes per annum was allocated from
2008- 09 onwards by Coal India Limited to Jharkhand State Mineral Development Ltd, the agency nominated by
Government of Jharkhand for distribution to the consumers of small and medium sector located in Jharkhand.
(e): A statement showing the details of applications received from power sector, excluding Captive
Power Plants and pending with Ministry of Coal, State-wise and Year-wise is given below:
S. State 2007 2008 2009 2010
No.
1. Andhra Pradesh 4 14 7 5
2. Assam 0 0 2 1
3. Bihar 0 4 2 2
4. Chhattisgarh 22 36 17 8
5. Gujarat 3 2 3 3
6. Haryana 0 0 1 0
7. Jharkhand 7 7 2 2
8. Karnataka 1 5 7 3
9. Kerla 0 0 1 0
10. Maharashtra 6 22 17 6
11. Madhya Pradesh 5 26 16 14
12. Orissa 8 10 17 7
13. Punjab 1 3 0 1
14. Rajasthan 0 3 4 4
15. Tamilnadu 3 7 4 5
16. Uttar Pradesh 0 4 17 4
17. West Bengal 4 5 4 1
Total 64 148 121 66
(f): The Standing Linkage Committee (Long Term), an inter- Ministerial Committee, considers the pending
applications, from time to time, having regard to the recommendations of the Nodal Ministry. The nodal
Ministry while recommending applications is required to take into consideration, inter-alia, factors like
linkages/Letter of Assurances already granted to the consumers of the power sector, existing capacity,
requirement for capacity addition during a plan period etc. No specific time frame has been provided
under New Coal Distribution Policy to clear all the pending applications.
