Tenth Series, Vol. XLI No. 35 Thursday, May 25,1995 Jyaistha,4,1995/1917(Saka) LOK SABHA DEBATES (English Version) Thirteenth Session (Tenth Lok Sabha) LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI Price: Rs., 50,00 CONTENTS [T»nth Strtoa, Vol. XU, ThlitMnth S0salon. 1BSS/1917 (Saka)J No. 35, Thunday, May IS, 19B5/Jyalstha 4, 1917 (Baku) C olumns ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ‘Starrad Quastlons Nos. 701-703 1— 19 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Starrad Quastlons Nos. 704-720 20— 32 Unstarrod Quastlons Nos. 7105-7288 32— 176 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE 189 MESSAGE FROM RAJYA SABHA 190 COMMITTEE ON ABSENCE OF MEMBERS FROM THE SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE Ninth Raport— Prasanfad 190 COMMITTEE ON PEtlTIONS Nineteenth Report— Presenfed 190 MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 192— 197 (i) Need to set up more LPQ outlets in Bilaspur district. Madhya Pradesh Shri Bhawani Lai Vermaf 192 (ii) Need to provide a manned railway crossing near Padase Railway Station on Bhusawal-Surat Section of Western Railway Shri Bapu Har\ Chaure 192— 193 (iii) Need to maintain status-quo m respect of release of water from Indira Gandhi canal, Rajasthan Shri BIrbal 193— 194 (iv) Need to release adequate funds for widening the National Highway no. 43 at Nowrangpur, Onssa Shri K. Pradhani 194 (V) Need to celebrate 200th Anniversary of Ahilyabal throughout the country and set up National Awards In her memory Shrimati Sumltra Mahajan 194— 195 (Vi) Need to restore central aid given for development of Scheduled Castes to the Qovemment of Rajasthan and also to allow its use for providing drinking water etc. In SC dominated villages Shri Qirdhari Lai Bhargava 195— 196 (vii) Need to develop an airport at Muzaffarpur, Bihar Shri Manjay Lai 196— 197 (viii) Need to check the rise in price of newsprint Shri Nawal KIshore Rai 197 TRADE MARKS BILL 198— 216 Motion to consider Shrimati Krishna Sahi 198— 199 Shri Bhagwan Shankar Rawat 199— 203 Prof. Savlthrl Lakshmanan 203— 206 Dr. Sudhir Ray 206— 208 Dr. Mumtaz Ansari 208— 211 Prof. Rasa Singh Rawat 211— 215 Shri Ramashray Prasad Singh 215— 216 Shri Syed Shahabuddin 216— 220 The Sign + marked above the name of a Member indicates thet the questk>n was actually asked on the floor of the House by that Member. (1) C olum ns DISCUSSION UNDER RULE 193 220— 276 355295OO2O 2R A2LNR SRW ET2QUIL‘ tS9IW Qa OrIL drTULSOU uIIOS slorITnII 220— 225 drTU 3. 7rSTUI‘ 225— 228 drT5LSO5 dlLUOTS sSrSnSR 228— 233 drTULSOU dSRO2‘r 70r21WrSTa 233— 236 drTULSO5 dl‘IIOS u2-SUSR 236— 242 dU5TU ES1SR 4lLST 8SR‘SU 243— 246 drPD55SOU u5T5nS HIB5 246— 250 HT. uUTUMS GaSN 250— 255 drTU FJTLSU 4YROO 7rSOOITnII 255— 259 drTU ETSQrl HSaO 4SOrIT5S 260— 264 ET2P. dSBOOrTU CSo‘rLSRSR 264— 266 HT iSLIIr 7rSRW 02LST 266— 269 dNTU E.7. 0r2LS‘ 269— 271 drTU iSL 4T5-SU hSWSB 271— 273 drTU pSRRSR s2UUSr 273 drTU 0I— FSTSaSR d5Rfr 273— 275 Ce4 d38p3 H(830(d Ce 4 d38p 3 there any objection to alk>w the private parties to enter Into these projects of coal Industries where there .s Thursday, May 25, 1995/ Jyaistha 4, 1917 (Saka) constraint of resources? (The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock) SHRI AJiT PANJA : The private parties are allowed mainly for two purposes at present • the iron and steel [M r . S peaker in the Chali] as it was originally In the Statute and a year before last the Coal Natbnallsatbn Act was amended to bring m ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS those who will set up power plants, will be given mining rights in respect of captive mines from where they can mine the coal and use It for the purpose of their powei [English] plants. But, no private party is allowed to mine the cojii and sell it in the open market. ()-U2TSO52R 2P 72SU iISITBIS SHRI K. PRADHANI : The Geological Survey of *701. SHRi K. PRADHANI : Will the Minister of India conducted a preliminary survey of the coal COAL be pleased to state ; exploration. The Central Mining Planning and Design (a) the details of exploration of coal reserves carried Institute and Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd. etc. out during the last three years; also conducted detailed studies. I would like to know from the hon. Minister if these companies are taking up, (b) whether any practical study has been conducted in addition to drilling, supplementary methods like geo­ for undertaking coal nnining project; physical methods and remote sensing studies during (c) whether any report has been prepared in this the drilling to improve the coal exploration method regard; SHRI AJIT PANJA : These are suggestions for action. (d) If so, the details thereof; and I have taken note of them. (e) the steps taken to implement the same'^ DR. MUMTAZ ANSARI (Kodarma) : According to the Report of a Standing Committee, 47 coal mining THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF projects out of 168 mining projects sanctioned during COAL (SHRI AJiT PANJA) : (a) During the last three the Seventh Five Year Plan were abandoned in the years (1992>93) under the detailed exploration midway and a total investment of Rs. 52 crore was programme a total of about ten lakh metres drilling has made in all these projects I would like to know how this been carried out in command areas of Coal India study was made and why this was abandoned which Limited (OIL) and Singareni Collieries Company Limited resulted in this colossal loss of money. (SCCL) As a result of this drilling additional reserves to the tune of 11.79 billion tonnes have been Secondly, in Jharia 1867 million tonnes of reserve established. of coal has been blocked by 70 active fires Only five fires have been extinguished till now. I would like to (b) to (e). A statement is laid on the Table of the know why not the latest technology is being applied in House. order to safeguard all these 1867 million tonnes of coal reserves and why not all these remaining fires are d030(s(F0 extinguished by the latest technology. (b) to (d). Yes. Sir. During the last three years 83 SHRI AJIT PANJA : The study which is made by the new coal mining project reports have been prepared by Geological Survey of India is by regional exploration Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited and thereafter detailed exploratbn is carried out. After (CMPDID). These projects envisage production step up that study, a lot of things have to be done. The actual of about 64 million tonnes per annum. coal would be found when the Coal India goes Into the (e) Programme of development of projects is underground mine or open-cast mine. They have to find dependent on factors like availability of land, techno- out the coal which has been located there While going economic feasibility of indivkjual projects, availability of in, they meet with various natural barriers like too much environmental and forestry clearances, availability of of gas probably being there or the seams not as financial resources etc. expected being there. Prior to that also, a lot of clearances are required. The first clearance is about SHRI K. PRADHANI (Nowrangpur) : Mr. Speaker. the forest land and other areas. Other clearances are Sir, the hon. Minister has replied in his reply that 83 also necessary. new coal mining project reports have been prepared by the Coal Mining and Planning Design institute Limited DR. MUMTAZ ANSARI ; 47 projects out of 168 and there are certain constraints of resources and projects sancttoned during the 7th Five Year Plan. economic feasibility and all that. May I know from the SHRI AJIT PANJA ; 47 projects are there. In spite hon. Minister If there is constraint of resources according of the fact that the Geological Survey of India has given to our new economic policy of our Government? Is clearance for expbratbn, while going into the actual Of«/ An9wws MAY 26. 1095 Oral Answers field, something else occurs there and If it does not I only know that coal can be divided into such varieties become cost-effective, It Is abandoned In the mean But I think the country's problem is this. Detailed time because if more money Is put in, it will be a loss examination for expioratbn is continuing in 94 bk>cks. for the country. spread over 21 coal fkikis in different States and we DR MUMTAZ ANSARI ’ Please protect me. Sir. What have achieved the highest productivity of 306 metric about the fires in Jharia^ tonnes per month drilled by CMPDIL. But is it being done to suit our needs? We are exptoring more coal i^R. SPEAKER : it does not come out of this than is needed in our country, but not exporting the question excess coal since there is no demand for our coal DR KARTIKESWAR PATRA (Balasore) : According abroad. Also, we are importing a particular variety of to the last three years’ detailed exploration programme, coal, which is not being sufficiently explored it has been found that 63 project reports have been indigenously. So. our attention should be diverted to prepared. According to the survey reports, the find out that particular variety of coal which is needed availability of coal will be 11.79 billion tonnes. By these in our country and which could be exported too. I would 83 new projects, the production per year will be 84 like to know what research is being done in coal mining mliiton tonnes. I want to icnow, out of these 83 new in this respect. project reports, how many project reports have been Sir, some oOtskle consultancy jobs were taken up cleared by the factors mentioned here like, availability under hydro-geological investigations and one among of land, techno-economic feasibility of individual projects, them is water supply investigation in the Latur availability of environmental and forestry clearance, earthquake affected area.