Ministry of Coal
Exploration of Coal Blocks
Posted On:
07 AUG 2024 4:19PM by PIB Delhi
Regional Coal and Lignite block exploration are done by Geological Survey ofIndia (GSI), Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL) and Private companies. Details areas under:
Details of number of new regional coal and lignite blocks explored by GSI:
|
State
|
No. of Blocks
during2021-22
|
No. of Blocks
during2022-23
|
No.ofBlocksduring2023-24
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AndhraPradesh
|
|
|
|
|
Assam
|
|
|
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
|
MadhyaPradesh
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
Nagaland
|
|
1
|
|
|
Odisha
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
|
Jharkhand
|
|
|
|
|
WestBengal
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
Maharashtra
|
|
1
|
|
|
Bihar
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Meghalaya
|
|
|
|
|
Telangana
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
Tamilnadu
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
GrandTotal
|
7
|
11
|
10
|
Details of the number of new regional coal and Lignite blocks explored by CMPDI
|
State
|
No. of Blocksduring2021-22
|
No. of Blocks
during2022-23
|
No. of Blocks
during2023-24
|
|
AndhraPradesh
|
|
|
|
|
Assam
|
1
|
|
3
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
9
|
7
|
12
|
|
MadhyaPradesh
|
6
|
5
|
7
|
|
Nagaland
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
|
Odisha
|
3
|
2
|
|
|
Jharkhand
|
|
2
|
7
|
|
WestBengal
|
|
1
|
|
|
Maharashtra
|
2
|
|
5
|
|
Bihar
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Meghalaya
|
|
|
1
|
|
Telangana
|
|
|
1
|
|
Tamilnadu
|
|
|
2
|
|
Rajasthan
|
|
3
|
|
|
GrandTotal
|
24
|
23
|
42
|
During the exploration activities from 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24, the total quantity of coal/lignite resources added is given below:
|
State
|
Resource(in Million Tonne)
|
|
|
Inferred
|
Reconnaissance
|
Totalresource
|
|
Coal
|
|
Odisha
|
11179.98
|
3117.41
|
14297.39
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
5648.21
|
2247.60
|
7895.80
|
|
MadhyaPradesh
|
463.88
|
815.03
|
1278.91
|
|
Bihar
|
-
|
1584.14
|
1,584.14
|
|
Telangana
|
19.10
|
-
|
19.10
|
|
WestBengal
|
458.59
|
-
|
458.59
|
|
AndhraPradesh
|
1618.70
|
606.86
|
2225.56
|
|
Jharkhand
|
1946.46
|
35.25
|
1981.71
|
|
Nagaland
|
85.52
|
31.89
|
117.41
|
|
TotalCoal
|
21420.44
|
8438.18
|
29858.61
|
|
Lignite
|
|
TamilNadu
|
-
|
1045.76
|
1045.76
|
This information was given by Union Minister of Coal and Mines Shri G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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Sunil Kumar Tiwari
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