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. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in its meeting dated 21.06.2013 has approved supply of coal to the identified power plants which have been commissioned/to be commissioned by 31.03.2015 with a capacity of 78,000 MW.