<p>Amidst facing flak for failure to supply sufficient coal, the Centre has allotted 116 mines to Coal India Limited (CIL) to augment its production. <br /><br /></p>.<p>“The Coal Ministry has allotted 116 mines to CIL for its expansion,” a source in the government said.<br /><br />Though the CIL had sought 138 mines, the government has given 116 mines for the time being, sources added.<br /><br />The development comes at a time when the government has identified 54 coal blocks to be allocated to various sectors including power, steel and cement through auction route.<br /><br />CIL has identified 142 new projects, including 107 open cast and 35 underground mining schemes with an ultimate capacity of 380.22 million tonnes per annum (MTPA), as new projects and a part of it is likely to be added during the next plan.<br /><br />Earlier, CIL had said it wanted to take production capacity to 556 million tonnes (MT) by 2016-17. In 2011-12, it had recorded production of 435.8 MT.<br /><br />The state-run company had also said that it was in the process of earmarking about Rs 30,000 crore for capacity expansion during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17) period.</p>
<p>Amidst facing flak for failure to supply sufficient coal, the Centre has allotted 116 mines to Coal India Limited (CIL) to augment its production. <br /><br /></p>.<p>“The Coal Ministry has allotted 116 mines to CIL for its expansion,” a source in the government said.<br /><br />Though the CIL had sought 138 mines, the government has given 116 mines for the time being, sources added.<br /><br />The development comes at a time when the government has identified 54 coal blocks to be allocated to various sectors including power, steel and cement through auction route.<br /><br />CIL has identified 142 new projects, including 107 open cast and 35 underground mining schemes with an ultimate capacity of 380.22 million tonnes per annum (MTPA), as new projects and a part of it is likely to be added during the next plan.<br /><br />Earlier, CIL had said it wanted to take production capacity to 556 million tonnes (MT) by 2016-17. In 2011-12, it had recorded production of 435.8 MT.<br /><br />The state-run company had also said that it was in the process of earmarking about Rs 30,000 crore for capacity expansion during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17) period.</p>
