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ng the top three fastest growing economies of the world. As a natural corollary India's energy needs too are fast expanding with its increased industrialization and capacity addition in Power generation. This is w input for major infrastructure industries like Power, Steel and Cement.

most dominant energy source in India's energy scenario.

s around 52% of primary commercial energy needs in India against 29% the world over.

% of India's power generation is coal based.

e 3rd largest coal producing country in the world after China and USA.

India

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) as an organized state owned coal mining corporate came into being in November 1975 with the government taking over private coal mines. With a modest production of 79 Million Tonnes (MTs) at the year of its al producer in the world . Operating through 81 mining areas CIL is an apex body with 7 wholly owned coal producing subsidiaries and 1 mine planning and consultancy company spread over 8 provincial states ny in Mozambique christened as 'Coal India Africana Limitada'. CIL also manages 200 other establishments like workshops, hospitals etc. Further, it also owns 26 technical & management training institutes and 1 an Institute of Coal Management (IICM) as a state-of-the-art Management Training 'Centre of Excellence' - the largest Corporate Training Institute in India - operates under CIL and conducts multi disciplinary man

financial and other prerequisites was granted the Maharatna recognition in April 2011. It is a privileged status conferred by Government of India to select state owned enterprises in order to empower them to e as global giants. So far, the select club has only five members out of 217 Central Public Sector Enterprises in

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around 81.1% of India's overall coal production

here approximately 52% of primary commercial energy is coal dependent, CIL alone meets to the tune of 40% of primary commercial energy requirement

s nearly 74% of the Indian coal market

out of 86 coal based thermal power plants in India

or 76% of total thermal power generating capacity of the Utility sector

oal at prices discounted to international prices

ndian coal consumers against price volatility

end user industry globally competitive a key role


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Coal

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India

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to

produce

the

planned

quantity

of

coal,
and

efficiently

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economically

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company with seven wholly owned coal producing subsidiary companies and one mine planning & consultancy company. It encompasses the whole gamut of identification of coal reserves, detailed exploration f timizing operations for coal extraction in its mines. The producing companies are:

alfields Limited (ECL), Sanctoria, West Bengal

king Coal Limited (BCCL), Dhanbad, Jharkhand

alfields Limited (CCL), Ranchi, Jharkhand

ern Coalfields Limited (SECL), Bilaspur, Chattisgarh

oalfields Limited (WCL), Nagpur, Maharashtra

Coalfields Limited (NCL), Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh

Coalfields Limtied (MCL), Sambalpur, Orissa

Africana Limitada, Mozambique

ltancy company is Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL), Ranchi, Jharkhand. Coalfields major (NEC) consumers a are small Power coal and producing Steel unit sectors. operating Others in include Margherita, Cement, Assam is under Brick direct Kilns, operational and small

contr

Fertiliser,

secutive years CIL has bagged 'Excellent' rating in its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) - a negotiated contract between Government and CIL Management - for performance evaluation on key physical an
and

on Tonnes of Coal annually. Coal production ending Financial Year 2011 was 431.32 Million Tonnes (MTs). CIL's dynamic production momentum is evident in the fact that in recent years, CIL leaped from 300 MTs m 008-09) in a time span of 5 years. It took CIL 12 years to cross the 300 MTs production mark from that of 200 MTs achieved in 1991-92. CIL Is targeted to produce 452 M

diary

companies

of

CIL

South

Eastern

Coalfields

Limited

and

Mahanadi

Coalfields

Limited

are

in

the

elite

club

of

100

MTs

coal

producing

companies

which

number

only

assets

ngly evident that domestic coal demand is far outstripping the indigenous production in India. The gap between demand and supply is ever expanding. Especially so in the wake of increased capacity addition coal

realistically CIL would not be able to satiate growing coal demand. Letters of Assurance (LoA) issued so far are already in excess of CIL's production. Present analysis indicate that there would be a shortage of 35 To meet this need coal import is

tself, in the interest of meeting the country's energy requirement, and is foraying into foreign shores for acquisition of coal properties. For the purpose CIL has adopted a three pronged approach. Acquisition of coa through equity participation with coal mining companies abroad and through long term coal off-t

es

d e-auction for selling coal to any consumer from any location in a transparent manner.

d Integrity Pact in High Value Procurement.

ment introduced for speeding up purchase of vital inputs

SR

structured CSR policy around coal mining areas to improve quality of life with community consensus and inclusive participation

pensaries and wellness clinics introduced on a large scale.

cine facilities introduced in central hospitals.

medical services to employees, their families and local populace through 86 fully equipped hospitals having 5835 beds.

524 specialist Doctors.

dispensaries and has 640 Ambulances.

otable water to about 2.3 million populace in remote corners of CIL's areas of operation

36 schools under different categories - Project Schools (55); Privately managed Schools with grant packages (284); Private Committee Managed Educational Institutes (72) and other schools where occasional grant

d 'Coal India Scholarships' for 100 Below Poverty Line students plus 25 wards of land losers in government engineering and medical colleges. Scholarship covers education, hostel and mess charges

entire cost of wards of workmen securing admission in government engineering and medical colleges

d to generate employment opportunities for people in mining areas by providing vocational training.

any Pursues 'Mining with a human face' through socially sustainable inclusive model of growth by making Project Affected People stakeholders in the decision making process for their livelihood.

cilities extended to nearby communities in fully equipped company hospitals.

pensaries and Tele-medicine facilities meant for employees also extended to nearby village populace.

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ndencies of coal mining is degradation of the land and environment. CIL constantly addresses the impact of mining activities across environmental and social issues. Eco-friendly mining systems have been put in p environmental mitigation measures more transparent, CIL introduced state-of-the-art Satellite Surveillance to monitor land reclamation and restoration for all

fforestation over an area of around 32,000 Hectares while the total forest area degraded due to mining operation is around 12,800 Hectares, which means, for every hectare of forest land degraded, CIL has of the & adverse Green' impact programme, of coal mining plantation on has environment been taken through up by well CIL structured wherever Environment land is Management CIL has Plans till and date sustainable planted over

minimize 'Clean

deve

massive

available.

effort towards improvement of environment through massive plantation undertaken in Singrauli Coalfields since 1985, is such that the analysis for the period 1985-1995 and 1996-2002 carried out by Conservator

maximum

temperature

in

Singrauli

has

decreased

by

0.4oC

while

the

annual

average

rainy

days

increased

by

11.2

days

and

average

annual

rainfall

has

increase

tion of Environment Management System (ISO:14001) with Quality Management System (ISO:9001) and till date have successfully achieved certification of 53 of its projects. This integration is being extended to all

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