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Coal resource available in existing CIL blocks is about 88.42 billion tonnes

Production target of Coal India Limited for 2014-15 is 507 MT

July 15, 2014. By Moulin

The production target of Coal India Limited for 2014-15 is 507 MT. Details of monthly targets of coal production of CIL vis.-a-vis actual production during the last four months percentage achievement along with quantum of coal supplied to private sector power generation companies under linkage are given below:

(in million tonnes)
Month	Target	Production	% Ach.	Supply to private sector Power generation companies.
March, 2014	52.71	53.40	101.3	4.07
April, 2014	37.61	37.51	99.7	3.38
May, 2014	38.56	36.28	94.0	3.66
June, 2014*	36.84	34.55	93.8	NA
* Provisional

The main reasons for shortfall in coal production are as under:

Law and order problem in MCL and CCL
Delay in getting Forest clearance and Environmental Clearance.
Frequent Breakdown of Draglines at NCL and WCL causing less exposure of coal (iv) Less transportation of coal by ESM company in SECL
Restriction of working hours from 10.30 AM to 3.30 PM imposed by State Government due to heat wave in MCL.

Government has taken various steps to ensure time bound production which include efforts to expedite Environment & Forest clearances, pursuing with State Government for help in expediting land acquisition and coordinated effort with Railways for movement of coal. Steps have been taken by Coal India Ltd. and its subsidiaries to augment coal production which includes capacity addition from new projects and use of mass production technologies.

The coal resource available in existing CIL blocks is about 88.42 billion tonnes as assessed by CMPDI. In addition MoC has assigned 119 blocks to CIL which have about 42.90 billion tonnes of coal resources.

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