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Lok Sabha
Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC), a Government of India enterprise under Ministry of Coal, is operating three open cast lignite mines in Tamil Nadu having a planned capacity of 24 million tonnes (MT) annually. The Mine-II expansion for 4.5 MT per annum of lignite mining has been recently approved by the Government of India and total mining capacity of NLC increased to 28.5 MT. A proposal for 2.1 MT per annum lignite mining in Barsingsar, Rajasthan has been approved by Public Investment Board. Further, NLC is planning to develop lignite deposits in Riri, Bithnok, Gurha and Hadla in Rajasthan for its future expansion programme.
The Government is conducting survey through Promotional Scheme since 1990 for locating Lignite deposits in the country particularly in the States of Tamilnadu, Rajasthan and Gujarat. For Xth Plan period, Government has approved Rs.275.8 crore for the above survey for coal and lignite. At present, Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry have 30471.82 MT of Lignite reserves, Rajasthan 3484.90 MT, Gujarat 1815.83 MT, Jammu & Kashmir 127.84 MT and Kerala 108.30 MT.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Coal and Mines, Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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