New Delhi, Nov 21: 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.
Source: PIB
