Page 44 - January 2022 Issue

Coal India

Limited

Pramod Agrawal
CMD, CIL

oal India Limited (CIL) is the largest coal producing company in the
world and is also a Maharatna company - a privileged status conferred
Cby Government of India to select State Owned Enterprises in order to
empower them to expand their operations and emerge as global giants.

CIL operates through Company operated 356 collieries and 12 washeries in
remote / interior areas which are located across eight states in India. CIL is
an apex body with 7 wholly owned coal producing subsidiaries and 1 mine
planning and consultancy company spread over 8 provincial states of India as
given below:

• Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL)
• Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL)
• Central Coalfields Limited (CCL)
• Western Coalfields Limited (WCL)
• South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL)
Coal India ran • Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL)
a “Coronavirus • Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL)
Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL).
•
Awareness Campaign”
in all subsidiaries In addition, CIL has a foreign subsidiary in Mozambique namely
especially for Front Coal India Africana Limitada (CIAL). The mines in Assam i.e. North Eastern

line employees, Coalfields are managed directly by CIL.
housekeeping and
maintenance personnel Coal is the single largest basic source of energy and prime source of electricity
where they were in India. Coal India Limited produces over 83% of coal in India which is ap-
proximately 40% of primary commercial energy requirement of the country.
informed about the CIL and its subsidiaries are primary source for supply of coal to thermal pow-
preventive measures and er plants, steel, cement and other industries.
precautions to be taken

while at work. During FY 2019-20, CIL produced 602.13 Million Tonnes (MTs) of Coal.

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