(a) whether the Government is exploring the coal belt in the country including Andhra Pradesh;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and location-
wise;
(c) whether the Government proposes to explore/exploit coal on Public-Private Partnership basis; and
(d) if so, the details thereof alongwith the norms of
royalty sharing?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF
COAL AND MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE
MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION(SHRI SRIPRAKASH JAISWAL)
(a) & (b): Yes, Sir. Exploration for coal is a
continuous process and Geological Survey of India (GSI)
under Ministry of Mines is vested with the responsibility
for conducting regional exploration of various minerals
including coal. Besides, Ministry of Coal through a Plan
Scheme of Promotional/regional exploration conducts
exploration for coal in the Country including Andhra Pradesh
to supplement the efforts of GSI. Further, coal companies
conduct detailed exploration in their command areas for
proving coal reserves for preparing projects and to take up
coal production. On the basis of exploration carried out
by different agencies GSI prepares resource data on Ist
April every year. As per the data published by GSI as of
1.4.2009 the estimated coal resources stand at 267.21
billion tonnes and state wise position of estimated
coal recourses is furnished in the table below:-
(Resource in million tonnes)
Sl State Proved Indicated Inferred# Total No (Total)
1 West Bengal 11652.844 11603.255 5070.709 28326.79
2 Bihar 0.00 0.00 160.00 160.00
3 Jharkhand 39479.333 30894.311 6338.326 76711.96
4 Madhya Pradesh 8041.18 10294.588 2645.251 20981.01
5 Chhatishgarh 10910.644 29191.799 4380.670 44483.10
6 Uttar Pradesh 866.05 195.75 0.00 1061.80
7 Maharashtra 5255.36 2907.21 1992.174 10154.7
8 Orissa 19943.633 31484.055 13799.186 65226.86
9 Andhra Pradesh 9193.61 6748.04 2985.272 18926.9
10 Assam 348.65 35.85 3.02 387.52
11 Sikkim 0.00 58.25 42.98 101.23
12 Arunachal 31.23 40.11 18.89 90.23 Pradesh
13 Meghalaya 89.04 16.51 470.93 576.48
14 Nagaland 8.76 0.00 13.18 21.94
Total 105820.3232 123469.77 37920.5658 267210.58