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IMPLEMENTATION
OF PROJECTS IN THE COAL SECTOR COAL
PROJECTS APPRAISAL & MONITORING Recently, being declared as “Nav
Ratana status” the delegated powers of CIL Board to
approve coal projects have been enhanced without any monetary ceiling. Being declared as “Mini Ratana”
Board of Directors of Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL), Western Coalfields
Limited (WCL), South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), Mahanadi
Coalfields Limited (MCL) and Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) can approve projects costing
up to Rs. 500 crores. Board of Directors of Eastern Coalfields
Limited (ECL), Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL) and Bharat
Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) can approve coal projects up to Rs.20 crores. Board of Directors of Singareni
Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) can approve coal projects up to
Rs.100 crores.
Projects of SCCL costing above Rs.100 crores
are approved by the Govt through EFC/PIB and
CCEA. Environmental clearance is
mandatory before the project proposal is posed to Cabinet Committee on
Economic affairs for approval. Coal projects are monitored in the coal companies at
colliery level, area level and HQ level. Remedial actions, wherever warranted, are taken. Quarterly Project Monitoring Reports of
projects costing Rs.20 crore and above are
submitted by all coal companies to this Ministry as well as Ministry of Programme Implementation.
In the Ministry of
Coal, major coal projects costing above Rs.
100 crores are
monitored at the level of Secretary (Coal) on quarterly basis. In this meeting members
from Planning Commission, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Statistics
& Programme Implementation and MoEF also participate.
Such meetings are taken on the basis of inputs furnished by the coal
companies indicating various problems encountered by them in implementation
of projects under their jurisdiction and command. Based on the decision taken in the review
meetings, appropriate follow up action is taken both in the Ministry of Coal
and by the coal companies concerned.
This apart, whenever coal companies approach the Ministry for
extending Governmental support for resolution of any pending issues affecting
implementation of coal projects, the matter is taken up by the Ministry at
the appropriate level with the concerned authorities. ABSTRACT DETAILS OF
PROJECTS UNDER IMPLEMENTATION: As on 31.03.2009, out of
total 701 mining projects, costing Rs. 2 crores & above, 411 projects stand completed
(including projects which are merged, completed and merged & where coal
reserves have since been exhausted) and 160 projects are under various stages
of implementation. Out of 160 on-going projects, 125 are on
schedule and 35 are delayed STATUS OF PROJECTS MONITORED
AT THE GOVERNMENT LEVEL: At the Government level, projects, costing Rs.
20 crores & above are being monitored. As on
31.3.2009, 131 mining and 7 non-mining ongoing projects, costing Rs. 20 crores & above, are
under implementation. Out of which, 20 mining projects are delayed. Out of 7
no-mining projects, 3 are on schedule, 4 are delayed while there is no
project kept in abeyance. Summarized positions of the projects
are as follows.
PROJECTS SANCTIONED BY CIL
& ITS SUBSIDIARIES/SCCL UNDER DELEGATED POWER FROM 01.01.2008 TO
31.03.2009 NEW PROJECTS SANCTIONED BY
COAL INDIA LIMITED
RCE / RPR SANCTIONED BY CIL
NEW PROJECTS SANCTIONED BY COAL COMPANIES
*Subject to finalization of
FSA on Cost Plus basis. EXPN. / EXTN. PR SANCTIONED
BY COAL COMPANIES
PROJECTS SANCTIONED BY
SINGARENI COLLIERIES COMPANY LIMITED (SCCL)
Main reasons for slippage in the implementation of projects: (a) Delay in
obtaining environmental and forestry clearances (b) Delay in acquisition of land and
associated problems of rehabilitation, (c) Delay due to adverse geo-mining
condition, (d) Delay due to fire, (e)
Delay due to law & order problems. Steps taken to improve project implementation : Land acquisition and rehabilitation: i) Vigorous follow up action with
concerned State Govt. officials are being actively done to expedite land
acquisition proceedings. ii) Regular meetings with iii) To overcome the problem of
acquisition of land, forestry and environmental clearance, Advance actions for projects(costing Rs. 50 crores and above) are
being sanctioned up to Rs. 20 crores since
April 1989 to help initiate processes for various
clearances before sanction of the projects by the Govt. Geo-mining constraints: Sophisticated geological and geo-physical exploration technique
adopted for advance forecasting of geo-mining condition. Project monitoring: i)
Director (Projects & Planning) posted in each company
with overall responsibility of implementation of projects. ii)
Comprehensive guidelines for project formulation and
monitoring have been issued by the Govt. iii)
The system of monitoring at various levels has been
standardized. Project monitoring is done on monthly basis or at shorter
intervals at the area level by General Manager/Chief General Manager and by
Director (Projects) and CMDs at corporative level. - Status of project is also reviewed at every company Board
meeting by exceptions. - Mandatory review of
the projects are carried out at company level when
the expenditure of the project exceeds 50% of the sanctioned capital. - Projects, costing Rs. 100 crores & above, are also reviewed in CIL Board by
exception. - Department of Programme
Implementation regularly monitors the implementation of projects costing 20 crores and above. - Quarterly review in
the administrative Ministry / Department at the level of Secretary is taken
for major projects. |