The details of the requests received from the States including Kerala for allocation of coal linkages is given in the data. These requests received for coal linkages are to be considered by the Standing Linkage Committee for recommendations. Since Coal India Limited (CIL) and its subsidiary coal companies have been reporting negative coal balance over a period of time, no new linkage/Letter of Assurance (LoA) has been recommended since 2010. The CIL and its subsidiaries have been issued 175 LoAs for a capacity of 1,08,000 MW for 12th Plan period.

Details of coal blocks allocated to private companies for power generation which have come into production along with production during 2010-11 to 2013-14 is given in the data. The details of utilization of coal by the private power companies, including JSPL, during each of the last three years and the current year, company-wise is being collected and will be laid on the table of House.

A list of captive coal blocks which stand allocated to private companies including JSPL for generation of power is given in this data. Out of 36 captive coal block allocated to 40 private companies for power sector, 05 coal blocks allocated to 03 private companies have come into production.