(a) the total production, demand and supply of coal by the Coal India Limited (CIL) and its subsidiaries in the country during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
(b) the plans chalked out to increase the production of coal to meet the domestic demand; and
(c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to bridge the demand – supply gap of coal in the country?
MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES
(SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)
(a) to (c): A statement is laid on the table of the House.
STATEMENT IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 350 FOR ANSWER ON 17.07.2019 BY SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR, M.P. REGARDING “PRODUCTION OF COAL”.
(a): All India demand for coal during last three years is given below:-
Year 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 (Prov.)
All India Actual Demand (MT) 836.93 898.17 968.00
The demand of coal is not estimated separately for Coal India Limited (CIL).
The production and supply of coal by CIL during last three years and current years is given below:-
Year 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
Production by CIL(MT) 554.14 567.36 606.89# 136.96*
Supply by CIL(MT) 543.32 580.29 608.14# 153.29*
# Provisional *Upto June 2019
Subsidiary-wise state-wise, raw coal production of CIL during the last three years and the current year till June’19 is given below:
(in Million Tonnes)
COMPANY STATE 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
(Till June) (Provisional)
ECL West Bengal 23.58 25.61 29.40 7.13
Jharkhand 16.93 17.96 20.77 4.42
Total 40.52 43.57 50.16 11.54
BCCL West Bengal 2.14 1.38 1.19 0.14
Jharkhand 34.90 31.23 29.85 6.32
Total 37.04 32.61 31.04 6.46
CCL Jharkhand 67.05 63.41 68.72 11.66
NCL Uttar Pradesh 16.06 18.31 20.28 5.47
Madhya Pradesh 68.04 74.71 81.23 20.75
Total 84.10 93.02 101.50 26.22
WCL Madhya Pradesh 5.23 4.45 3.93 0.78
Maharashtra 40.41 41.77 49.25 11.13
Total 45.63 46.22 53.18 11.91
SECL Madhya Pradesh 11.93 12.11 12.60 2.73
Chhattisgarh 128.08 132.60 144.75 31.61
Total 140.00 144.71 157.35 34.33
MCL Orissa 139.21 143.06 144.15 34.78
NEC Assam 0.60 0.78 0.78 0.07
TOTAL 554.14 567.37 606.89 136.96
State wise Supply of coal from CIL and its subsidiaries for the last three years and the current year (till June ’19) is given below:-
(in Million Tonnes)
Name of State 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 (Till June) (Provisional)
WEST BENGAL 50.57 46.43 48.61 12.53
BIHAR 18.04 18.98 17.96 4.67
JHARKHAND 31.29 35.26 31.77 7.65
ORISSA 75.60 68.79 69.18 16.16
ASSAM 0.91 0.91 1.51 0.38
U.P. 86.95 92.22 91.43 23.16
PUNJAB 14.77 12.99 17.42 4.53
HARYANA 11.86 15.21 16.91 4.41
DELHI 1.69 1.35 1.55 0.40
RAJASTHAN 10.08 10.77 14.10 3.65
GUJARAT 13.35 18.05 19.24 4.98
CHHATISGARH 67.66 74.51 94.98 23.75
MADHYA PRADESH 41.46 53.35 61.22 15.61
MAHARASHTRA 48.41 55.18 68.28 17.40
TAMIL NADU 18.94 22.49 24.61 6.42
KARNATAKA 4.83 5.49 4.39 1.13
ANDHRA PRADESH 24.87 26.14 24.62 6.37
OTHER STATES 22.05 22.18 0.35 0.08
TOTAL 543.32 580.29 608.14 153.29
(b): In order to meet the domestic demand, there is a plan to increase the total production of coal in the country to the level of 1 Billion Tonnes by the year 2022-23.
(c): The gap between demand and supply of coal cannot be bridged completely as there is insufficient domestic availability of coking coal and power plants designed on imported coal will continue to import coal for their production. However, there has been a consistent effort to increase domestic coal production. The all India raw coal production has increased from 565.77 MT in 2013-14 to 730.35 MT (Provisional) in 2018-19. Absolute increase in all India coal production from 2013-14 to 2018-19 is 164.58 MT as compared to an increase of coal production of 73.01 MT between 2008-09 and 2013-14.
Coal India Limited (CIL) has also increased its production from 462.41 MT in 2013-14 to 606.89 MT in 2018-19. Absolute increase of 144.48 MT as compared to increase of coal production of 58.68 MT between 2008-09 and 2013-14.
In order to augment supply, a total of 84 coal blocks has been allotted under Coal Mines (Special Provision Act, 2015) so far.
Further, the focus of the Government is on increasing the domestic production of coal which includes pursuing with State Government for assistance in land acquisition and coordinated efforts with Railways for movement of coal.
In addition, CIL has taken the following steps to increase domestic coal production:
• CIL and its subsidiaries are going for higher capacity mega mines (Capacities > 10 MTY) with high mechanization.
• CIL has already introduced state of the art technology to improve its work efficiency. High capacity Heavy Earth Moving Machinery (HEMMs) like 42 cum Shovel with 240 T Rear Dumper have been introduced for this purpose.
• Surface Miners have been introduced in opencast mines in a big way to improve operational efficiency & to cater environmental needs by CIL. During 2018-19, in CIL, around 50% of the opencast coal production was through Surface miners and is likely to further increase in subsequent years.
• In underground mines, basic thrust is on mechanization of coal winning/loading system, coal drilling & supporting system, coal evacuation system etc. High capacity Load Haul dumps (LHDs), Side Discharge Loaders (SDLs) & Universal Drill Machines (UDMs) in conjunction with belt conveyors have been introduced wherever possible.
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