THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR COAL (SHRI N.T. SHANMUGAM)
(a) to (c) :Yes Sir. During the last three years the
offtake of coal from CIL sources were as under:
in million tonnes Year Offtake (Raw Coal)
1997-98 260.5 1998-99 252.2 1999-2000 263.16 (Prov.)
It may be seen that there was no steady decline in
offtake of coal. Therefore, problem on account of decline
in coal usage does not arise.
(d) to (f): Ministry of Environment and Forest has notified
that from 1.6.2001 onwards all the coal fired thermal power
stations located beyond 1000 Km. from pithead and located in
urban area or sensitive area or critically polluted area
irrespective of their distance from pithead shall use raw or
blended or beneficiated coal with ash content not exceeding
34% on an annual average basis.
Government of India had constituted a committee under
the Chairmanship of Member(Thermal), CEA to look into the
ways and means of meeting the stipulation contained in the
notification of by MOEF and the committee had submitted its
report in this regard. Further, a Joint Apex Committee
under the Chairmanship of Member (Thermal), CEA has been
constituted by the Government to implement/monitor the
stipulation contained in the notification of by MOEF.
