Parliament Question: Coal Supply to Tamil Nadu

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1937 ANSWERED ON 11.02.2026 COAL SUPPLY TO TAMIL NADU

1937. Dr. T Sumathy Alias Thamizhachi Thangapandian:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that Tamil Nadu received about 20 per cent lower coal supply in fourth quarter of the year 2025 compared to certain northern States despite its power requirements;

(b) if so, the details of coal allocation and supply during 2025–26, State-wise;

(c) whether the Government is aware that reduced domestic supply has increased coal imports and electricity costs in Tamil Nadu and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether funds amounting to about 1,500 crore under coal gasification and clean coal schemes proposed for Tamil Nadu projects remain unreleased; and

(e) if so, the steps taken by the Government to ensure equitable coal distribution and timely clean-energy funding to southern States including, Tamil Nadu? ANSWER MINISTER OF COAL AND MINES (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) & (b): The receipt of domestic coal to the domestic coal based (DCB) power plants in the state of Tamil Nadu during fourth quarter (October-December, 2025) was about 6.42 MT (7184 MW), whereas that for the states of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh was 3.8 MT (5330 MW), 4.5 MT (5680 MW), 6.9 MT (8900 MW) and 26 MT (30015 MW) respectively.

It is thus seen that the receipt of domestic coal to the DCB plants located in the state of Tamil Nadu has been higher in terms of receipt per unit installed capacity.

The State wise & quarter wise details of receipt of domestic coal at Domestic coal based (DCB) during 2025-26 (April-Dec) is attached as Annexure-I.

(c): Details of receipt of coal (domestic & imported) in DCBs located in State of Tamil Nadu from FY 2022-23 to FY 2025-26 (till Dec’25) is as below:

Receipt of Coal (Million Tonnes) Financial Year % Share of Imported Coal Domestic Imported Total 2022-2023 30.8 2.2 33.0 6.7% 2023-2024 30.4 1.9 32.3 5.9% 2024-2025 29.6 1.5 31.1 4.8% 2025-2026 (Apr-Dec) 19.6 0.6 20.2 3.0% It may be seen that share of imported coal in the total coal receipt has been reducing.(d) & (e): No funds are earmarked to Tamil Nadu or any other State Government under coal gasification and clean coal schemes. Coal / lignite gasification projects submitted by project proponents are considered for support under Financial Incentive Scheme, launched on

24.01.2024. At present, no proposal from the Government of Tamil Nadu or it's agencies has been received. Further, coal is distributed in the country under various policies and guidelines of the Ministry of Coal.

Annexure-I Receipt of Domestic Coal (Fig. in '000 Tonnes) Name of Capacity (MW) (as State on 31.12.2025) Quarter 1 (Apr- Quarter 2 (Jul- Quarter 3 (Oct- Jun 2025-26) Sept 2025-26) Dec 2025-26) Haryana 5330 4485 4390 3772 Punjab 5680 5418 4936 4513 Rajasthan 8900 8235 6801 6890 Uttar Pradesh 30015 29837 25169 25985 Chhattisgarh 24093 30339 27150 29645 Gujarat 4372 3971 3334 2174 Madhya 21170 22571 21299 23483 Pradesh Maharashtra 22266 22941 20220 23418 Andhra 12290 12405 12166 11915 Pradesh Karnataka 7420 6375 3496 6444 Tamil Nadu 7184 6306 6879 6425 Telangana 11043 9859 7804 8791 Bihar 10170 10137 8944 10950 Jharkhand 7030 5645 5616 7771 Odisha 9950 13310 11418 13470 West Bengal 13235 15040 13922 15066 Assam 750 671 668 646 Total 200897 207545 184211 201358 *****