Regional Coal and Lignite block exploration are done by Geological Survey ofIndia (GSI), Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL) and Private companies. Details areas under:
Details of number of new regional coal and lignite blocks explored by GSI:
|
State |
No. of Blocks during2021-22 |
No. of Blocks during2022-23 |
No.ofBlocksduring2023-24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
AndhraPradesh |
|
|
|
|
Assam |
|
|
|
|
Chhattisgarh |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
MadhyaPradesh |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Nagaland |
|
1 |
|
|
Odisha |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
Jharkhand |
|
|
|
|
WestBengal |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Maharashtra |
|
1 |
|
|
Bihar |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Meghalaya |
|
|
|
|
Telangana |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Tamilnadu |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
GrandTotal |
7 |
11 |
10 |
Details of the number of new regional coal and Lignite blocks explored by CMPDI
|
State |
No. of Blocksduring2021-22 |
No. of Blocks during2022-23 |
No. of Blocks during2023-24 |
|
AndhraPradesh |
|
|
|
|
Assam |
1 |
|
3 |
|
Chhattisgarh |
9 |
7 |
12 |
|
MadhyaPradesh |
6 |
5 |
7 |
|
Nagaland |
2 |
2 |
3 |
|
Odisha |
3 |
2 |
|
|
Jharkhand |
|
2 |
7 |
|
WestBengal |
|
1 |
|
|
Maharashtra |
2 |
|
5 |
|
Bihar |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Meghalaya |
|
|
1 |
|
Telangana |
|
|
1 |
|
Tamilnadu |
|
|
2 |
|
Rajasthan |
|
3 |
|
|
GrandTotal |
24 |
23 |
42 |
During the exploration activities from 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24, the total quantity of coal/lignite resources added is given below:
|
State |
Resource(in Million Tonne) |
||
|
|
Inferred |
Reconnaissance |
Totalresource |
|
Coal |
|||
|
Odisha |
11179.98 |
3117.41 |
14297.39 |
|
Chhattisgarh |
5648.21 |
2247.60 |
7895.80 |
|
MadhyaPradesh |
463.88 |
815.03 |
1278.91 |
|
Bihar |
– |
1584.14 |
1,584.14 |
|
Telangana |
19.10 |
– |
19.10 |
|
WestBengal |
458.59 |
– |
458.59 |
|
AndhraPradesh |
1618.70 |
606.86 |
2225.56 |
|
Jharkhand |
1946.46 |
35.25 |
1981.71 |
|
Nagaland |
85.52 |
31.89 |
117.41 |
|
TotalCoal |
21420.44 |
8438.18 |
29858.61 |
|
Lignite |
|||
|
TamilNadu |
– |
1045.76 |
1045.76 |
This information was given by Union Minister of Coal and Mines Shri G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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Sunil Kumar Tiwari
