New Delhi: The government of India Wednesday launched Coking Coal Mission to meet the domestic demand. The Mission targets 140 million tonnes production of raw coking coal by 2030.
The details of domestic raw coking coal production and dispatch during 2020-2021 is as under:
(In Million Tonne)
| Sector | Production | Despatch |
| Public | 38.934 | 38.150 |
| Private | 5.853 | 5.850 |
| All India | 44.787 | 44.000 |
The details of domestic raw coking coal dispatch of Coal India Limited (CIL) State-wise is as under:
(In Million Tonne)
| State | Despatch in 2021-22 | Despatch in 2022-23(Till June) |
| Andhra Pradesh | 0.004 | 0.000 |
| Assam | 0.027 | 0.024 |
| Bihar | 5.784 | 1.283 |
| Chattisgarh | 0.125 | 0.000 |
| Delhi | 0.001 | 0.027 |
| Gujrat | 0.004 | 0.000 |
| Haryana | 2.682 | 0.992 |
| Jharkhand | 17.777 | 5.375 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 0.151 | 0.026 |
| Maharashtra | 0.002 | 0.062 |
| Punjab | 1.323 | 0.729 |
| Tamil Nadu | 0.113 | 0.011 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 5.190 | 2.155 |
| West Bengal | 14.579 | 2.975 |
| Nagaland | 0.004 | 0.000 |
| Grand Total | 47.762 | 13.659 |
According to National Steel Policy 2017, to achieve steel making capacity of 300 MTPA (including 180 MTPA through Blast Furnace route) by 2030, ~170 MT coking coal will be required by 2030.
Government has launched Coking Coal Mission to meet the demand of domestic coking coal as projected by the Ministry of Steel and has set target for raw coking Coal production by 2030 as under-
| Company | Production ( MT) by 2030 |
| CIL | 105 |
| Others including allocated coking Blocks | 35 |
| Total | 140 MT |
