(a) whether Coal India Limited is ready to meet the growing demand for coal in the power sector;
(b) if so, whether the company is emphasizing on increasing the production to augment the supply for the coal based power plants;
(c) whether a large percentage of coal based power generation in the country depends on the supply of Coal India Limited and if so, the details thereof; and
(d) whether Coal India Limited has sufficient coal in its coal mines and if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES
(SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)
(a): In the current fiscal, against the pro-rated demand of 439.37 Million Tonne (MT) by Central Electricity Authority (upto 26th January,2022), Coal India Limited (CIL) has supplied coal to the tune of 432.90 MT, thereby achieving a materialization of about 99% in comparison to last year same period figures of 351.57 MT, thereby achieving a growth of 23% over last year same period.
Further, as on 25.01.2022, CIL is carrying a stock of more than 34 MT and with the surge in production in the coming days the current fiscal, the stock is expected to increase further in the remaining days of the current fiscal.
(b): CIL has planned to produce a quantity of 700 Million tonnes in the year 2022-23. Against the above planned production, CIL is slated to supply 591.4 Million tonnes to the Power sector in the year 2022-23 as per the projected demand given by Central Electricity Authority/ Ministry of Power
(c): As per the demand projections of power sector by Central Electricity Authority, CIL is supposed to supply coal to the power sector to the tune of 548 MT out of the total requirement of 723.3 MT i.e. 76% of the requirement in the current fiscal. In the coming year 2022-23, CIL has been given the requirement of 591.4 MT for power sector out of the total requirement of 727.4 MT i.e. 81%.
(d): Raw coal stock of Coal India Limited is sufficient. Subsidiary-wise vendible opening raw coal stock of Coal India Limited as on 01.04.21 and 01.04.20 is given below:
Subsidiary Opening raw coal stock (Million Tonnes)
01.04.21 01.04.20
ECL 6.30 3.34
BCCL 3.88 2.35
CCL 10.49 13.30
NCL 10.40 4.00
WCL 14.88 14.30
SECL 29.61 17.79
MCL 23.57 19.76
NEC 0.00 0.05
CIL 99.13 74.89
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