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• Coal Production Records 532 in 2011-12

•  The coal production along with its rate of growth and rate of    growth of GDP at current prices for the last three years is given below:-

2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
Coal Production ( in million tonnes)	492.757	532.042	532.694
Coal production rate of increase/decrease (%) over previous year	7.8	8.0	0.1
Growth Rate of GDP at constant  prices	6.7	8.4	8.4

•  The inventory of geological reserve of coal by type as on 1.4.2011 is as under:-

Type of Coal	As on 01.4.2011	Reserve (in million tonnes)
		Proved	Indicated	Inferred	Total
Prime Coking	01.4.2011	4,614	699	0	5,313
Medium Coking	01.4.2011	12,573	12,001	1,880	26,454
Blendable / Semi Coking	01.4.2011	482	1,003	222	1,707
Non Coking (Including HighSulpher)	01.4.2011	96,333	123,768	32,287	252,388
Total	01.4.2011	114,002	137,471	34,389	285,862

• 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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