Allocation Order Issued for 49 Coal Mines Under Commercial Auction

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Since the launch of commercial coal mines’ auction in June’2020, Vesting/Allocation Orders have been issued for 49 coal mines. The state-wise details is as provided below:

S. No.

State

Number of Vesting/ Allocation Orders Issued

1

Assam

2

2

Chhattisgarh

7

3

Jharkhand

12

4

Madhya Pradesh

13

5

Maharashtra

5

6

Odisha

9

7

West Bengal

1

 

TOTAL

49

               Details of Peak Rated Capacity, State-wise, from 49 coal blocks allocated under Commercial mining scheme since launch is as below:

State wise PRC of 49 coal blocks allocated in last 5 years
under commercial mining

S.No.

State

PRC in MTPA

1

Assam

0.024

2

Chhattisgarh

12.2

3

Jharkhand

24.88

4

Madhya Pradesh

11.85

5

Maharashtra

3.72

6

Odisha

35.63

7

West Bengal

1.89

Note: PRC of 12 mines is not included since these are partially explored

 

Details of annual revenue generated by aforementioned 49 coal mines under commercial mining in last five years, State-wise is as below:

S.No.

State

Revenue Generated (in Cr)
excluding royalty and taxes
Till Feb ’23

1

Assam

0.184

2

Chhattisgarh

473.55

3

Jharkhand

73.58

4

Madhya Pradesh

242.73

5

Maharashtra

53.64

6

Odisha

273.07

7

West Bengal

43.6

Total

1160.354

Due to increase in energy demand, Ministry of Power vide letter dated 09.01.2023 directed Central, State Gencos and Independent Power Plants to take necessary action and immediately plan to import coal through a transparent competitive procurement for blending at the rate of 6% by weight so as to have coal stocks at their power plants for smooth operations till September 2023.