Ministry of Coal
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Focus on 100 Million Ton Coal Gasification by 2030

Posted On: 26 JUL 2023 3:44PM by PIB Delhi

Government has launched National Coal Gasification Mission to achieve coal gasification and liquefaction of 100 MT of coal by 2030. In line with the Mission document, Coal India Limited has signed MOUs with BHEL, GAIL and IOCL to take up coal gasification projects in the country.

In order to promote coal gasification, Ministry of Coal has formulated a policy wherein, a provision has been made for 50% rebate in revenue share for all future commercial coal block auctions for the coal used in gasification purpose provided the coal quantity used for gasification is at least 10% of total coal production. Further, separate auction window under NRS sector has been created for making coal available for new coal gasification plants.

The production of coal during the last five years, year-wise is given below-

    (in million tonnes)

Year

Production of Coal

2018-19

728.718

2019-20

730.874

2020-21

716.083

2021-22

778.210

2022-23(Prov.)

893.190

 

The amount of coal provided by the government to every State for Power generation during last five years is given below:

 

(Qty. in MT)

STATE

2022-23
(Provisional)

2021-22

2020-21

2019-20

2018-19

Andhra Pradesh

39.368

25.733

21.046

32.237

32.156

Assam

3.063

2.292

0.823

1.993

1.467

Bihar

34.284

28.812

21.468

21.183

18.337

Chhattisgarh

90.825

109.024

99.938

65.638

67.847

Delhi

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.468

Gujarat

17.434

19.175

10.076

15.798

20.200

Haryana

19.024

14.153

7.897

11.379

17.147

Himachal Pradesh

0.000

0.027

0.000

0.000

0.000

Jharkhand

18.513

29.277

25.673

24.102

25.529

Karnataka

19.237

15.593

7.572

10.828

12.256

Maharashtra

87.655

76.939

55.617

62.225

65.169

Madhya Pradesh

88.161

83.775

74.131

54.327

56.377

Odisha

45.668

41.318

42.156

33.458

31.013

Punjab

21.394

15.192

10.025

11.994

16.710

Rajasthan

32.735

14.195

9.675

14.128

13.383

Telangana

32.805

31.171

25.557

28.300

31.867

Tamilnadu

28.444

26.933

16.834

18.163

24.167

Uttar Pradesh

95.753

82.038

71.280

75.141

71.776

West Bengal

58.119

41.749

41.225

48.103

49.133

All India

732.481

657.397

540.993

528.997

555.002

 

Coal India Limited is fulfilling the demand of the Power Sector and the Railways. During the fiscal 2022-23, against the target of 565 Million tonnes, CIL has dispatched 586.6 Million tonnes to the Power Sector, thereby dispatching about 22 Million tonnes over and above the targets. Regarding fulfilling the demand of Railways, the coal demand of the railways (Loco) is meagre. CIL is continuously fulfilling the coal demand (on demand basis as per NCDP Policy) of Railways as and when it is required. The dispatch to Railways (Loco) for the last 2 years from CIL is as under:

 

Year

Despatch (in ‘000 tes)

2021-22

0.80

2022-23

1.60

 

This information was given by Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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