Govt allots 14 Coal blocks to PSUs and state Utlities

The government has allocated 14 coal blocks to state-run power companies including NTPC and Neyveli Lignite Corp to cater to 31,800-mw power generation capacity envisaged to be set up at an investment of Rs 1,60,000 crore.

Allotments in such large numbers have been made for the first time since 2008 when the government planned to allocate coal blocks through auction.

The 14 blocks have geological reserves of 8,311 million tonnes, capable of yielding about 159 million tonnes coal production per annum, the coal ministry said. The ministry has allocated blocks to three central government undertakings and state power corporations of 15 states.

The coal ministry had invited applications for the blocks on December 31, 2012. The ministry received 318 applications for the coal blocks of which 128 applications were found eligible.

The ministry has identified another 40 coal blocks for allocation under for commercial mining to sectors like steel and cement and private power firms.

Sl. No Coal Block / Capacity / Host State Proposed Applicant State/CPSU Proposed Govt. Company Proposed allocated Coal Reserves(MT) 1 Tentuloi/1234 MT/Odisha Odisha 1 Odisha Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. (OTPCL) 1234.00 2 Bhalumuda/550 MT/Chhattisgarh CPSU / NTPC 1 NTPC Ltd. 550.00 3 Banai/629 MT/Chhattisgarh CPSU / NTPC NTPC Ltd. 629.00 4 Chandrabila/550 MT/Odisha CPSU / NTPC NTPC Ltd. 550.00 5 Kudanali-Luburi/396 MT/Odisha CPSU / NTPC NTPC Ltd. 266.00 Jammu & Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir State Power Dev. Corp. Ltd. (JKSPDCL) 130.00 6 Baisi/150 MT/Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh State Power Gen. Co. Ltd. (CSPGCL) 150.00 7 Pachwara-South/279 MT/Jharkhand CPSU / NLC Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Ltd./Ghatampur (NUPPL) 279.00 8 Jilga-Barpali/546 MT/Chhattisgarh CPSU / NLC
Chhattisgarh NLC / Sirkali (Tamil Nadu)
Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Co. Ltd 396.00
150.00 9 Sarapal-Nuapara/701 MT/Odisha Andhra Pradesh APGENCO 701.00 10 KenteExtn./200 MT/Chhattisgarh Rajasthan Rajasthan Vidyut Utpadan Nigam (RVUNL) 200.00 11 Mahajanvadi/340 MT/Maharashtra Maharashtra
Gujarat MAHAGENCO
GSECL 170.00
170.00 12 GondbaheraUjheni/532 MT/Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh MPPGCL 532.00 13 Deocha-Pachami/2102 MT/West Bengal Karnataka Karnataka Power Corp. Ltd. (KPCL) 382.00 West Bengal The West Bengal Power Dev. Corp (WBPDCL). 584.00 Bihar BSPGCL (Pirpainti/Lakhisarai) SJVNLtd./ BUXAR 486.00 Punjab Punjab State Power Corp. Ltd. (PSPCL) 229.00 Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Generation & Dist. Corp Ltd. (TANGNDCO) 171.00 Uttar Pradesh UPRVUNL 250.00 14 Kalyanpur-Badalpara/102 MT/ Jharkhand Harayana HPGCL 51.00 UP UPRVUNL 51.00

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