<P> The Coking Coal Mines (Nationalization) Act, 1972 and the Coal Mines (Nationalization) Act, 1973 were repealed by the Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2017 on 8 January 2018 . </P> <P> India has the fifth largest coal reserves in the world . As on 31 March 2016, India had 308.80 billion metric tons (340.39 billion short tons) of the resource . The known reserves of coal rose 0.7% over the previous year, with the discovery of an estimated 2.20 billion metric tons (2.43 billion short tons). The estimated total reserves of lignite coal as on 31 March 2016 was 44.59 billion metric tons (49.15 billion short tons). The energy derived from coal in India is about twice that of the energy derived from oil, whereas worldwide, energy derived from coal is about 30% less than energy derived from oil . </P> <P> Coal deposits are primarily found in eastern and south - central India . Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra accounted for 98.58% of the total known coal reserves in India . As on 31 March 2016, Jharkhand and Odisha had the largest coal deposits of 26.29% and 24.58% respectively . </P> <P> The following table shows the estimated coal reserves in India by state as on 31 March 2016 . </P>

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