Question : Coal Reserves

(a) the production of coal in the country during each of the last three years and the current year, company and State-wise;
(b) the place of India in terms of coal reserves along with the assessment of coal reserves in various States and coal extracted from there, State-wise;
(c) whether the majority of coal deposits are found in Eastern States and there are substantial coal deposits in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh and the Ranigunj coal belt of West Bengal containing some of the prized coals of the country;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the steps taken or proposed to be taken by the Government to extract the maximum quantity of coal in order to bridge the gap between demand and supply of coal and to increase the production of coal in the country?

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL, POWER AND NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a): The overall coal production in the country during the year 2012-13, 2013-14 & 2014-15 was 556.4 Mte, 565.8 Mte & 610.8 Mte respectively. During the current year coal production for the period April-June, 2015 has been 144.54 Mte. Company-wise and State-wise production of coal in the country during the last three years and current year is given below:-
Coal Production (Mte)
Company State 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
Actual Actual Actual April- June 2015 (Prov)
West Bengal 17.59 18.88 20.61 4.673
Jharkhand 16.32 17.17 19.40 4.442
ECL 33.91 36.05 40.01 9.115
West Bengal 0.07 1.55 1.05 0.655
Jharkhand 31.14 31.07 33.46 8.155
BCCL 31.21 32.61 34.51 8.810
Jharkhand 48.06 50.02 55.65 12.590
CCL 48.06 50.02 55.65 12.590
Uttar Pradesh 16.09 14.72 14.96 3.145
Madhya Pradesh 53.93 53.92 57.53 15.111
NCL 70.02 68.64 72.48 18.256
Madhya Pradesh 6.31 5.55 5.79 1.547
Maharashtra 35.98 34.18 35.36 8.714
WCL 42.29 39.73 41.15 10.261
Madhya Pradesh 15.18 14.12 13.08 3.299
Chattisgarh 103.04 110.14 115.19 27.857
SECL 118.22 124.26 128.28 31.156
MCL Odisha 107.89 110.44 121.38 31.069
NEC Assam 0.60 0.66 0.78 0.070
Total CIL 452.21
462.42 494.24 121.327
SCCL Andhra Pradesh 53.19 50.47 52.54 13.650
Others - 51.00 52.88 64.06 9.57















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(b)to(d): As on 01.04.2015 , a total of 306596 Mte. of Geological Resources of coal upto the maximum depth of 1200 Metre, have so far been estimated in India by Geological Survey of India. State-wise Coal Resources, percentage share and raw coal production during the year 2014-15 is given below:-
(In million tonnes)
State Coal Reserves % Production
Jharkhand 81049 26.43 108.51
Odisha 75799 24.72 121.38
Chhattisgarh 54912 17.91 115.19
West Bengal 31435 10.25 21.66
Madhya Pradesh 26536 8.66 76.40
Telangana 21211 6.91 -
Maharashtra 11253 3.67 35.36
Andhra Pradesh 1581 0.52 52.54
Uttar Pradesh 1062 0.35 14.96
Meghalaya 576 0.19 @
Assam 515 0.17 0.78
Nagaland 315 0.10 @
Bihar 160 0.05 @
Sikkim 101 0.03 @
Arunachal Pradesh 90 0.03 @
Others - - 64.07
Total 306596 - 610.84
@ Respective figures included in others

(e): In order to increase domestic production, the focus of the Government is on facilitating Environment & Forest clearances expeditiously, pursuing with State Government for assistance in land acquisition and coordinating efforts with Railways for movement of coal. Coal India Limited (CIL) envisages enhancing its coal production from the current level of 494 Mte. to 1000 Mte. by 2019-20 for which a detailed action plan has been drawn. This includes capacity addition from new projects, use of mass production technologies and identification of existing ongoing projects with growth potential. In order to bridge demand supply gap, the import of coal has been kept on Open General License (OGL). Consumers are free to import coal from the source of their choice as per their contractual prices on payment of applicable duty.

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