Coal supply plan is formulated by Ministry of Coal for various sectors.

Coal Reserves

                During the process of formulation of Annual Plan, Ministry of Coal/Planning Commission assesses sector-wise overall demand for coal in the country. Such demand is not assessed on State-wise, Grade-wise and coal-field-wise basis. Based on such assessed demand, company-wise coal supply plan is formulated by Ministry of Coal for various sectors. Therefore, State-wise Grade-wise and coal field-wise demand is not available with CIL.  However, State-wise details of dispatches of coal and coal products for Power Utility sector for the last three years are tabled below:

State-wise details of despatch of coal and coal products from CIL sources  to Thermal Power Stations (in Million Tonnes)
State	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12 (Provisional)
Delhi	5.12	3.79	4.58
Haryana	10.5	13.36	16.98
Punjab	5.47	4.47	4.28
Rajasthan	13.64	14.51	16.02
Uttar Pradesh	52.4	54.99	55.56
Gujarat	18.19	18.46	19.10
Chattisgarh	30.48	33.42	33.26
Madhya Pradesh	32.03	30.79	30.59
Maharashtra	35.09	32.94	30.53
Andhra Pradesh	10.35	10.95	11.58
Karnataka	3.34	3.27	4.03
Tamil Nadu	12.97	12.64	12.93
Bihar	9.44	10.54	10.17
Jharkhand	7.58	7.33	8.22
Orissa	23.47	21.16	21.68
West Bengal	27.97	31.53	32.70
Total	298.04	304.14	312.20

This information  was given by Minister of State for Coal Shri Pratik Prakshbapu Patil  in a written reply in Rajya  Sabha today . He said that as per the latest National Inventory on Indian Coal Resources published by Geological Survey of India, as on 01.04.2011, the total coal resources assessed are about  285862.21  Million Tonnes, of which 114001.60 Million Tonnes or about 40% are proved reserves. Exploration is a continuous process and new resources get added every year. The current level of production of about 550 Million Tonnes.

The steps taken by the coal companies to reduce the ash content in coal supplied to the various industries  are furnished below:

(i) Coal companies of CIL have been supplying a part of the coal produced after wash in with reduced ash content to its various consumers i.e. steel plants, thermal power plants, cement plants, fertilizer plants, etc. from its 17 coking and non coking coal  washeries with a total capacity of 39.4 Mty (coking coal, 12 nos.-22.18 Mty and   non coking coal, 5 nos.-17.22 Mty).

(ii) CIL has initiated action to set up 20 coking and non coking coal washeries with a  total capacity of 111.1 Mty in 1^st phase ( coking coal,6nos.-19.1 Mty and non coking coal, 14 nos.- 92 Mty) for supply of washed coal to the various consumers. Thereafter, to enhance the washed coal supply to the consumers, CIL is also formulating plan for the 2^nd phase to set up number of washeries.  

        

(iii) Coal companies of CIL are also adopting Selective mining technology using Surface Miner machines for production of improved quality and sized coal consistently.