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Coal India. Coal India Limited ( CIL) is an Indian central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Coal, Government of India. It is headquartered at Kolkata. [ 2] It is the largest government-owned-coal-producer in the world. [ 4][ 5][ 6] The PSU contributes around 82% [ 7] to the total coal production in India.
The Ministry of Coal is an Indian government ministry headquartered in New Delhi. [ 3] The portfolio is held by Cabinet Minister G. Kishan Reddy . The Ministry of Coal is charged with exploration of coal and lignite reserves in India, production, supply, distribution and price of coal through the government-owned corporation Coal India Limited ...
Coal in India has been mined since 1774, and India is the second largest producer and consumer of coal after China, mining 777.31 million metric tons (856.84 million short tons) in FY 2022. Around 30% of coal is imported. Due to demand, supply mismatch and poor quality with high ash content, India imports coking coal to meet the shortage of ...
In India, state-owned Coal India faces the largest potential job cuts, with 73,800 direct workers at risk by mid-century. Coal, the most polluting of all fossil fuels , is still key for countries ...
As per the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, amended in 2016 ("CLPR Act"), a "Child" is defined as any person below the age of 14, and the CLPR Act prohibits employment of a Child in any employment, including as a domestic help; to do otherwise is a criminal offence. Conversely, children between the ages of 14 ...
Purushottam K. Chauhan (1905–1958) was a freedom fighter, coal mines owner, social leader, labor activist and politician from Dhanbad, India. Life-sketch. He was born in 1905 in his native village called Reha in Kutch. His father Khimji Walji Chauhan was a Railway Contractor belonging to Mestri community of Kutch.
The union was founded in 1949 on the initiative of the Indian National Trade Union Congress, bringing together numerous regional unions of miners. [1] It grew steadily, having 150,000 members by 1960, [2] and 351,000 by 1997, at which time the federation had 139 affiliated unions. [3]
A coal mine in Jharia, India. Coal mining in India has a long history of commercial exploitation starting in 1774 with John Sumner and Suetonius Grant Heatly of the East India Company in the Raniganj Coalfield along the Western bank of Damodar River. Demand for coal remained low until the introduction of steam locomotives in 1853.