(a) the quantum of stock of coal available in the country at present;
(b) the quantity of coal in tonnes produced by Coal India Limited during each of the last three financial years;
(c) the quantity of coal in tonnes imported by India during the last three financial years; and
(d) the details of the specific measures undertaken by Coal India Limited to increase the production of coal?
MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES
(SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)
(a):As on 16/09/2020, the vendible stock with CIL and SCCL was 62.09Million Tonnes (MT) and coal stock with power plants was 35.056 MT.
(b): The coal production by Coal India Limited (CIL) during the last three financial years is given below:-
Year Production in (MT)
2017-18 567.36
2018-19 606.89
2019-20 602.15
(c): The details of coal imported during last three financial years is given below:-
Year Import of coal in (MT)
2017-18 208.27
2018-19 235.24
2019-20 248.54
(d):Coal India Limited (CIL) has taken following steps to enhance coal production:
• Implementing on-going projects in time bound manner to achieve targeted production as per schedule.
• 15 Greenfield Projects identified with a Capacity of about 160 Mty to be operated by Mine Developer cum Operator mode.
• Manual loading method eliminated in all underground mines of CIL (except one mine of CCL) by introducing Side Discharge Loader (SDL)/ Load Haul Dump (LHD) loading in conjunction with belt conveyors.
• Introduction of Surface Miners in opencast mines to improve operational efficiency and cater to environmental needs.
• Introduction of Mass Production Technology in underground coal mines.
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