Under the provisions of the Coal Mines
(Special Provisions) Act, 2015, and
the rules made there under, 83 coal mines have been allocated for specified end
uses which includes Power, Steel, Cement and Captive Power Production as well
as for sale of coal. This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal,
Union Minister of State (IC) for the Ministry of Power, Coal, New and Renewable
Energy and Mines, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Further, the Minister informed that out
of the 83, 31 coal mines (17 Schedule II & 14
Schedule III) have been
allocated through auction. For the purpose of auction,
specified end-uses other than power viz. Iron
& Steel, Cement and Captive Power Plants have been clubbed as “Non-Regulated Sector”. The
Government has so far successfully auctioned 22 coal mines to the ‘Non-Regulated Sector’ and 9 coal mines for specified end use ‘Power’ under the said Act, the details of which are as given
below:
|
S. No.
|
Specified End Use
|
Name of Coal Mine
/ Block
|
Successful Bidder
|
Schedule
|
Mining Operations Commenced/
Mine Opening Permission Granted
|
|
1
|
Non -Regulated
Sector
|
Belgaon
|
Sunflag Iron and Steel Company
Limited
|
II
|
Yes (7)
|
|
2
|
Bicharpur
|
UltraTech Cement Limited
|
|
3
|
Chotia
|
Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd.
|
|
4
|
Gare Palma IV‐4
|
Hindalco Industries Limited
|
|
5
|
Gare Palma IV‐5
|
Hindalco Industries Limited
|
|
6
|
Mandla North
|
Jaiprakash Associates Limited
|
|
7
|
SialGhoghri
|
Reliance Cement Company Pvt. Ltd.
|
|
8
|
Gare Palma IV‐7
|
Monnet Ispat& Energy
Limited
|
No
|
|
9
|
Kathautia
|
Hindalco Industries Limited
|
|
10
|
MarkiMangli III
|
B.S. Ispat Limited
|
|
11
|
MarkiMangli-I
|
TopworthUrja and Metals Ltd
|
|
12
|
Ardhagram
|
OCL Iron & Steel Limited
|
|
13
|
Mandla‐South
|
Jaypee Cement Corporation
Limited
|
III
|
Yes (1)
|
|
14-15
|
Brinda and Sasai
|
USHA MARTIN Limited
|
No
|
|
16
|
Dumri
|
Hindalco Industries Limited
|
|
17
|
Gare‐Palma
Sector
‐IV/8
|
Ambuja Cements Limited
|
|
18
|
Lohari
|
AraanyaMines Private Limited
|
|
19
|
Majra
|
Jaypee Cement Corporation
Limited
|
|
20
|
Meral
|
Trimula Industries Limited
|
|
21
|
Moitra
|
JSW Steel Limited
|
|
22
|
Nerad Malegaon
|
Indrajit Power Private Limited
|
|
23
|
Power
|
Amelia North
|
Jaiprakash Power Ventures
Limited
|
II
|
Yes (3)
|
|
24
|
Sarisatolli
|
CESC Limited
|
|
25
|
Talabira‐I
|
GMR Chhattisgarh Energy
Limited
|
|
26
|
Tokisud North
|
ESSAR Power MP Limited
|
No
|
|
27
|
Trans Damodar
|
The Durgapur Projects Limited
|
|
28
|
Ganeshpur
|
GMR Chhattisgarh Energy
Limited
|
III
|
|
29
|
Jitpur
|
Adani Power Limited
|
|
30
|
Mandakini
|
Mandakini Exploration and
Mining Limited
|
|
31
|
Utkal ‐ C
|
Monnet Power Company Ltd
|
Detailing
further, the Minister informed that out of the 17 Schedule II coal mines auctioned
under the provisions of the Coal Mines (Special
Provisions) Act, 2015 which were
operational before cancellation of the 204 blocks by the Supreme Court, mining
operations have commenced/mine
opening permission granted in 10 Schedule II coal mines.
In
addition, 1 Schedule III coal mine is also operational.
Since
commencement of mining operations, 9.56
Million Tonnes (provisional)
of coal have been produced from these coal mines subsequent to allocation under
the said Act, the Minster added.
Shri Goyal further
stated that rest of the Schedule II coal mines are in the process of starting
mining operations after obtaining necessary statutory clearances as well as
appointment of mining contractor. Almost
all the clearances at the level of the Central Government have been granted for
commencement of mining operations.
Meetings have been held
from time to time with allottees of the coal mines /
blocks,
representatives of the State(s)
concerned
and Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change with a view to bring the
allocated coal mines into production expeditiously.
Online
Coal Project Monitoring Portal has been established in Ministry of Coal for
resolving issues pending at State level. Clarifications
have been issued on various issues hampering mine development for expeditious
operationalisation of coal mines, the Minister informed.
In many cases, the
matter of appointment of Mine Developer & Operator is sub-judice.
Schedule
III coal mines are expected to commence mining only in the next 2-3
years as they were not operational at the time of the allocation.
Replying to another
question in Rajya Sabha, the Minister informed that the revenue already
generated till October, 2016 from the allocation of 83 coal mines under the
provisions of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 is Rs. 2,779.36
Crores (excluding Royalty, Cess and Taxes) which is being deposited with the
coal bearing State concerned.
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