NEW DELHI : Out of 99 coal mines that have been placed on the block within the fourth spherical of the public sale, solely eight blocks have been auctioned efficiently, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi stated in a reply to the Lok Sabha.
“The fourth spherical of economic auctions was launched on December 16, 2021 and 99 coal mines have been provided. Out of 99, solely 8 mines have been efficiently auctioned,” the minister stated.
The 99 mines have been in states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana and West Bengal.
Growth of recent mines are required in the direction of Atmanirbhar Bharat to cut back import dependence. Coal demand of 1500 MTPA is projected by varied businesses by the yr 2030.
Additional, a number of steps have been taken to cut back emission from coal mining like First Mile Connectivity, huge afforestation and RE initiatives, and many others.
The minister added stated that resettlement & rehabilitation of undertaking affected households shall be executed as per prevailing norms of the state governments.
Coal mines are operated as per the accredited mining plan and coal manufacturing is monitored in opposition to the extent given within the mining plan for that individual yr particularly in pre-PRC attainment stage and through tapering-before closing.
Coal mines are working on common at optimum capability as per mining plans. Contemplating final 5 years common, CIL’s total system capability utilization is close to about 80%.
The capability utilization of SCCL has been close to about 82-90% and capability utilization of NLCIL has been close to about 85%-100% as per mine plan. Prematurely evaluating the manufacturing of a mine with PRC whereas the mine continues to be in pre-PRC stage misleads one to consider that the capability is underutilized.
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