Monday, August 13, 2012

54 New Coal Blocks to be Allocated
Identification of coal blocks for allocation is a continuous process. 54 coal blocks with total Geological Reserves of about 18.22 Billion Tonnes (BT) are identified for allocation, out of which 16 blocks with 7.27 BT reserves for Govt. companies, 16 blocks with 8.16 BT for power sector companies selected through tariff based bidding and 22 blocks with 2.79 BT for companies selected through auction have been earmarked. State-wise details of identified coal blocks are given below:

Sl. No.
State
No. of Blocks
1
Jharkhand
15
2
West Bengal
06
3
Madhya Pradesh
08
4
Maharashtra
06
5
Chhattisgarh
11
6.
Orissa
05
7.
Andhra Pradesh
03

Total
54

This was informed by Shri  Pratik Prakashbapu Patil, Minister of State  in the Ministry of Coal  while replying a written question in Rajya Sabha today.

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