THE MINISTER OF POWER ( SHRI P.M. SAYEED )
(a) to (e) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF
STARRED QUESTION NO. 49 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA
ON 25.11.2005 REGARDING COAL SHORTAGE.
(a) : The annual requirement of coal of National Thermal Power Corporation
(NTPC) during the last three years projected on the basis of generation target fixed by
CEA and stock requirement upto normative level was as under:
(In Million Tonne )
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
80.736 86.137 97.528
The actual requirement due to better availability of machines and demand
for power as well as the actual consumption during the last three years were as under:
(In Million Tonne ) 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
Requirement 83.097 91.611 101.333
Consumption 83.097 90.113 98.786
(b) : The coal requirement of NTPC during the past three years was entirely
met from the domestic coal production.
(c) : Ministry of Power and Ministry of Coal have taken up following measures
to deal with the existing shortages of coal for thermal power plants:
Short-term measures:
(i) Import of coal.
(ii) Increasing domestic production of coal.
(iii) Emergency mining plan.
Medium-term measures:
(i) Allocation of new coal blocks to power producers/utilities including one coal block, viz. Pakri Barwadih in Jharkhand to NTPC.
(ii) Streamlined procedure by Ministry of Environment & Forests to expedite environment / forest clearance to pending coal mining projects.
(iii) Quicker investment decisions.
(d) : In order to bridge the present gap between demand and supply of coal
from indigenous sources and to build the stock, import of 13.45 million tonne (MT) coal
has been planned during 2005-06 for the thermal power plants all over the country
including a component of 3.98 MT in respect of NTPC stations.
(e) : Import of 20 million tonne coal has been envisaged for 2006-07.
