Government Plans To Increase Coal Production In India

The Government had made moves to enhance Coal production which incorporate exertions to speed up Environment & Forest clearances, seeking after with State Government for help in assisting area procurement and facilitated exertion with Railways for development of coal. This was expressed by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) in a composed answer to an inquiry in the Lok Sabha today. Steps have been taken by Coal India Limited and its subsidiaries to expand coal production which incorporates limit expansion from new undertakings and utilization of extensive manufactures innovations and stringent checking of improvement of coal pieces.

The Minister further expressed that the aggregate assessed quantum of coal assets in the nation is 301.56 billion tons according to "The stock of Geological Resources of Indian Coal" (as on 01.04.2014), ready by the Geological Survey of India (GSI). The quality-wise and classification savvy assets is given beneath :

 (Fig. in Million tonnes)

The aggregate coal concentrated from diverse coalfields of India since 1950 up to 2013-14 is around 12534.97 million tons according to GSI stock and the coal concentrated amid 2013-14 is 565.64 million tons. There are satisfactory coal assets to take care of the demand.

Crude coal production of India and the rate of increment contrasted with the Gross Domestic item (GDP) amid most recent three years is specified underneath:

   (Source: Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) press note dated 30.05.2014)

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