The government admitted that there was no surplus coal with subsidiaries of Coal India Limited, CIL. He also said that there is a wide gap between availability and commitments made by the company to various consumers.

This was informed by Coal Minister Sriparkash Jaiswal in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday during Question Hour. Amid din created by pro-Telangana members, in reply to a supplementary Mr. Jaiswal said CIL has commitments to supply 318.74 Million Tonne of coal to power plants CIL through fuel supply agreements (FSAs) and letters of assurance (LOAs). The Minister said CIL has issued 172 LOAs to power units for a total quantity of 423.48 Million Tonne. Out of this, 72.151 Million Tonne coal per annum is the commitment of NTPC against 20 LOAs and 240.684 Million Tonne coal per annum to private sector plants against 111 LOAs.