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Ministry of Coal:Out of 195 Coal Blocks 25 De-Allocated

  • A total of 195 coal blocks stand allocated to various public and private sector companies or to both sectors jointly under the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973.  The State-wise details are given below:-

State

Coal blocks allocated to Private Sector ( Including for tariff based power projects) for captive purposes

Coal blocks allocated to Government Sector

Andhra Pradesh

-

01

Arunachal Pradesh

-

01

Chhatisgarh

24

17

Jharkhand

32

19

Madhya Pradesh

14

11

Maharashtra

16

08

Odisha

19

14

West Bengal

06

13

Total

111

84

  • Out of 195 coal blocks, 3 coal blocks are allocated jointly to public and private sector companies.  Of these 3 coal blocks, two are located in Odisha and one in Chhattisgarh.

  • The responsibility of developing the coal block as per the prescribed guidelines and milestone chart attached with the allocation letter rests entirely with the allocattee company.  In the terms and conditions of the allocation letters, it is categorically mentioned that in the event of willful delay in the development of coal blocks and in setting up of the end use project, the Govt. takes appropriate action to de-allocate the said block.  Further, the allocatees have to submit Bank Guarantee which remains valid all the times till the production from the coal block reaches its peak rated capacity.  The Coal Controller’s office monitors on regular basis the achievement of different milestones. Government periodically monitors and reviews the development of allocated blocks as well as end use plants by the allocattee companies in the Review Meetings.  Wherever delays are noticed, Government issues show cause notices and advisories to such allocattees cautioning them to bring the coal blocks into production as per the guidelines/milestones chart. Based on the replies to the show cause notices, the Government takes decision on the de-allocation.   As on date, 25 coal blocks have been de-allocated. 

  • This information was given by the Minister of State of Coal, Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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