Details of Coal Reserves in India

As per the Inventory of India published by GSI for Coal and Lignite as on 01.04.2021, the total assessed geological coal resource is 352125.97 million tonnes.

The cumulative coal production since 1950 up to 2020-21 is 17,297.94 million tonne as per Coal Controller, Ministry of Coal, Government of India. As per present rate of demand/consumption of coal there is sufficient resources of coal in India. Every year CMPDI is adding about 4000-6000 MT of proved resources in the coal inventory of India. There is no threat of coal resources for future coal demand in our country at present rate of extraction / demand.

Total quantity of coal imported in the country during the last five years, year-wise is as under:-

 

(In million tonnes) 

Year	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21
Coal Import	190.953	208.249	235.348	248.537	215.251

        This information was given by the Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi in a written reply in  Rajya Sabha today.

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