a. the total number of allocations of coal mines in the private sector, company wise, year-wise, and State-wise;
b. whether the process of the allocation of mines stated above and the process of allocation of 214 cancelled mines are different;
c. if so, the details of the short comings noticed;
d. if not, whether the Government is considering to cancel the said allocation; and
e. if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF COAL, MINES & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS
(SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)
a. 42 coal mines have been allocated to Private Sector under Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 (CMSP Act, 2015) and Mine and Mineral (Development &Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act, 1957). The list of mines may be found in the Annexure enclosed.
b. Yes Sir. Under Coal Mine Nationalisation Act, 1973 the coal blocks were allotted through Screening Committee constituted for screening proposals for allocation of coal/lignite blocks for manufacture of iron/steel, captive production of power and production of cement in the public/private sector.
Whereas the allocation of 204 coal mines de-allocated by Hon’ble Supreme Court is now made through transparent & competitive bidding mechanism to private sector under the provisions of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 and Rules made thereunder.
c. No short-comings have been noticed so far.
d. No, Sir. Government is not considering the cancellation of said allocation.
e. Does not arise in view of reply above.
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Annexure
COAL MINES ALLOCATED TO PRIVATE SECTOR
S.No Coal Mine Allocate State Date of Allocation Allocated under CMSP/MMDR Act
1 Chotia BHARAT ALUMINIUM COMPANY LTD Chhatisgarh 23.03.2015 CMSP Act 2015
2 Gare Palma IV-4 HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LIMITED Chhatisgarh 23.03.2015 CMSP Act 2015
3 Gare Palma IV-5 HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LIMITED Chhatisgarh 23.03.2015 CMSP Act 2015
4 Gare-Palma Sector-IV/8 AMBUJA CEMENTS LIMITED Chhatisgarh 22.04.2015 CMSP Act 2015
5 Gare-Palma-IV/1 Jindal Power Limited Chhatisgarh 08.03.2021 CMSP Act 2015
6 Gare-Palma-IV/7 SARDA ENERGY AND MINERALS LIMITED Chhatisgarh 08.03.2021 CMSP Act 2015
7 Dumri HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LIMITED Jharkhand 22.04.2015 CMSP Act 2015
8 Ganeshpur GMR Chhattisgarh Energy Limited Jharkhand 22.04.2015 CMSP Act 2015
9 Jitpur Adani Power Limited Jharkhand 22.04.2015 CMSP Act 2015
10 Kathautia HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LIMITED Jharkhand 23.03.2015 CMSP Act 2015
11 Lohari ARAANYA MINES PRIVATE LIMITED Jharkhand 22.04.2015 CMSP Act 2015
12 Meral Trimula Industries Limited Jharkhand 22.04.2015 CMSP Act 2015
13 Moitra JSW STEEL LIMITED Jharkhand 22.04.2015 CMSP Act 2015
14 Chakla Hindalco Industries Limited Jharkhand 03.03.2021 CMSP Act 2015
15 Rajhara North (Central & Eastern) Fairmine Carbons Private Limited Jharkhand 03.03.2021 CMSP Act 2015
16 Urma Paharitola Aurobindo Reality And Infrastructure Private Limited Jharkhand 03.03.2021 CMSP Act 2015
17 Gondulpara Adani Enterprises Limited Jharkhand 08.03.2021 CMSP Act 2015
18 Amelia North Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited Madhya Pradesh 23.03.2015 CMSP Act 2015
19 Bicharpur UltraTech Cement Limited Madhya Pradesh 23.03.2015 CMSP Act 2015
20 Sial Ghoghri RELIANCE CEMENT COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED Madhya Pradesh 23.03.2015 CMSP Act 2015
21 Bikram Birla Corp. Ltd Madhya Pradesh 10.02.2020 CMSP Act 2015
22 Brahampuri Birla Corp. Ltd Madhya Pradesh 10.02.2020 CMSP Act 2015
23 Sahapur West Sarda Energy And Minerals Limited Madhya Pradesh 03.03.2021 CMSP Act 2015
24 Urtan North JMS Mining Private Limited Madhya Pradesh 03.03.2021 CMSP Act 2015
25 Sahapur East Chowgule And Company Private Limited Madhya Pradesh 03.03.2021 CMSP Act 2015
26 Dhirauli Stratatech Mineral Resources Private Limited Madhya Pradesh 03.03.2021 MMDR Act 1957
27 Urtan JMS Mining Private Limited Madhya Pradesh 03.03.2021 MMDR Act 1957
28 Bandha EMIL Mines And Mineral Resources Limited Madhya Pradesh 03.03.2021 MMDR Act 1957
29 Belgaon Sunflag Iron and Steel Company Limited Maharashtra 23.03.2015 CMSP Act 2015
30 Marki Mangli III B.S. Ispat Limited Maharashtra 17.04.2015 CMSP Act 2015
31 Marki Mangli-I Topworth Urja and Metals Ltd Maharashtra 30.09.2015 CMSP Act 2015
32 Nerad Malegaon INDRAJIT POWER PRIVATE LIMITED Maharashtra 22.04.2015 CMSP Act 2015
33 Marki Mangli-II Yazdani International Private Limited Maharashtra 03.03.2021 CMSP Act 2015
34 Takli-Jena-Bellora (North) & Takli-Jena-Bellora (South) Aurobindo Reality And Infrastructure Private Limited Maharashtra 03.03.2021 CMSP Act 2015
35 Talabira-I GMR Chhattisgarh Energy Limited Odisha 23.03.2015 CMSP Act 2015
36 Jamkhani Vedanta Ltd Odisha 10.02.2020 CMSP Act 2015
37 Radhikapur (West) Vedanta Limited Odisha 03.03.2021 CMSP Act 2015
38 Radhikapur (East) EMIL Mines And Mineral Resources Limited Odisha 03.03.2021 CMSP Act 2015
39 Ardhagram OCL IRON AND STEEL LTD West Bengal 14.07.2016 CMSP Act 2015
40 Trans Damodar THE DURGAPUR PROJECTS LIMITED West Bengal 23.03.2015 CMSP Act 2015
41 Sarisatolli CESC Limited West Bengal 23.03.2015 CMSP Act 2015
42 Jaganathpur B Powerplus Traders Pvt. Ltd West Bengal 13.02.2020 CMSP Act 2015