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DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF COAL
17/July/2014
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COAL
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1200
ANSWERED ON:  17.07.2014
DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF COAL
KRISTAPPA NIMMALA
DHARMENDRA YADAV
HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR
RAVNEET SINGH
SHASHI THAROOR
Will the Minister of



 COAL be pleased to state:-


(a) the production, demand and supply of coal during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise and sector-wise; 

(b) the reasons for the shortfall in production and supply vis-à-vis targets fixed during the said period and the action plan contemplated to meet the shortfall during the 12th Five Year Plan; 

(c) the details of quantity and value of coal imported from various countries in order to bridge the gap between demand and supply of coal during each of the last three years and the current year, country-wise; 

(d) whether the recommendations of the Inter-Ministerial Task Force for rationalization of the existing coal sources and supply of coal have been implemented and if so, the details thereof; and 

(e) the steps being taken / proposed to be taken by the Government to increase the production of coal in the country so as to make the country self-reliant in meeting the coal requirements instead of its import?


ANSWER

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

(a): The production and domestic supply of coal during last three years is given in table-1. Demand for coal in2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 was 638.7 MT, 713.4 MT and 739.4 MT respectively. Demand for the current year 2014-15is estimated at 787.03 MT. 
			Table 1				(figures in Mte)
		Production				Supply
State		2011-	2012-	2013-	2014-		2011-	2012-	2013-	2014-
		12	13	14	15#		12	13	14	15
Andhra		52.2	53.2	50.5	6.09		51.4	52.0	47.9	NA
Pradesh
Assam		0.6	0.6	0.7	0.12		0.8	0.6	0.6	#
Chhattisgarh	114.0	117.8	127.1	19.32		114.6	121.0	124.0	#
Jharkhand	109.6	111.3	113.3	18.03		109.8	119.3	116.6	#
Madhya		71.1	75.9	76.1	12.14		69.6	60.4	77.5	#
Pradesh
Maharashtra	39.2	39.1	37.2	7.36		38.1	38.3	37.2	#
Meghalaya	7.2	5.6	5.7	1.41		7.2	5.6	5.7	#
Odisha		105.5	110.1	112.9	19.07		104.8	114.2	116.8	#
Uttar Pradesh	16.2	16.1	14.3	2.68		15.5	28.8	16.7	#
West		24.2	26.5	28.2	5.08		23.2	26.7	28.5	#
Bengal
Arunachal	0.2	0.07	0.0	0.00		0.3	0.1	0.0	#
Pradesh
Total		540.0	556.4	565.9	91.3		535.3	567.1	571.5	NA
Upto May 2014 (Provisional)

Sector-wise dispatch of raw coal during last three year is given in table-2. 
			Table 2			(figures in Mte)
Year		2011-12		2012-13		2013-14#
Coking Coal	15.53		15.51		19.


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