Coal India Limited (CIL) is an Indian
central public sector undertaking under the
ownership
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of the
Ministry of Coal
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,
Government of India
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. It is headquartered at
Kolkata
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.
It is the ''largest government-owned-coal-producer'' in the world.
It is also the
seventh largest employer in India with nearly 272,000 employees.
The psu contributes around 82%
to the total coal production in India. It produced 554.14 million tonnes of
raw coal in 2016–17, an increase from its earlier production of 494.24 million
tonne
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s of coal during
FY 2014–15
and earned revenues of
from sale of coal in the same financial year.
[ In April 2011, CIL was conferred the Maharatna status by the ]Government of India
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, making it one of the seven with that status. As of 14 October 2015, CIL is a PSU owned by the Central Government of India which controls its operations through the Ministry of Coal
The Ministry of Coal is an Government of India, Indian government Ministry (government department), ministry headquartered in New Delhi. The Ministry (government department), portfolio is held by Cabinet Minister Pralhad Joshi.
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. As of 14 October 2015, CIL's market capitalisation
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stood at making it India's 8th most valuable company.
CIL ranks 8th among the top 20 firms responsible for a third of all global carbon emissions.
History
Coal mining in India had primarily been a private sector enterprise. This changed in September 1956 when the Government of India established its own coal company National Coal Development Corporation (NCDC). Collieries run by the Railways formed the nucleus of NCDC. This was to fulfill the fast growing energy requirements in the country to support rapid industrialization taking place through Five-Year Plans Five-year plan may refer to:
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of the Government. In the same year, Singareni Colliery Company, which was operating in Andhra Pradesh since 1920, was also brought under the Government control when the Central Government and state Government of Andhra Pradesh acquired 45% and 55% shares respectively.
In 1971, the Government of India nationalized all the 214 coking-coal mines and 12 coke-ovens running in the private sector, excluding those held by TISCO
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and IISCO
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for their captive use. On 1 January 1972, a new Government company Bharat Coking Coal Limited
Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) is a subsidiary of Coal India Limited which is inturn under the ownership of Ministry of Coal, Government of India, Its headquarters is located at Dhanbad and Kolkata, India. It was incorporated in January, 1 ...
(BCCL) was formed to take control of these nationalized mines and coke-ovens. On 30 January 1973, all the remaining 711 non-coking coalmines of the country in private sector were also nationalized. 184 of these mines were handed over to BCCL, and remaining 527 were handed over to a newly opened department Coal Mines Authority. 4 months later, on 14 June 1973, this department was converted into a separate Government company CMAL. NCDC, earlier formed in 1957, was merged with CMAL, and 45% share-holding of Central Government in Singareni Collieries Company Ltd was also handed over to CMAL. CMAL started functioning with its 4 divisions, viz, Eastern Coalfields, Central Coalfields, Western Coalfields, and Central Mine Planning and Design Institute.
By 1973, all coking coalmines were under BCCL, which was functioning as a subsidiary of Steel Authority of India
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is a central public sector undertaking based in New Delhi, India. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Steel, Government of India with an annual turnover of INR 1,03,480 Crore (US$13 billion) for fisc ...
(SAIL) under Department of Steel of the Ministry of Steel and Mines; and all non-coking coalmines were under CMAL, which was under Department of Mines of the Ministry of Steel and Mines. For better control, both BCCL and CMAL were brought on 11 October 1974 under the Department of Coal (now an independent Ministry) of the newly formed Ministry of Energy.
On 1 November 1975, a new public-sector company Coal India Limited (CIL) was formed to enable better organizational and operational efficiency in coal sector. All the 4 Divisions of CMAL were given the company status, and were brought under CIL along with BCCL. 45% share-holding of the CMAL in Singareni Collieries Company was also transferred to CIL, and CMAL was closed.
Thus, CIL started functioning in 1975 with 5 subsidiary companies under it. These were Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), Eastern Coalfields Limited
Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) is a coal producer based in India. The company was founded in 1975 after nationalisation of coal mines in India. It operates coal mines in Jharkhand and West Bengal states of India. It inherited all the priv ...
(ECL), Central Coalfields Limited
Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) is a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), an undertaking of the Government of India. CCL was established in 1956 as National Coal Development Corporation Limited and is a Public sector undertakings in India ...
(CCL), Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), and Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL). In due course of time, 3 more companies were formed under CIL by carving out certain areas of CCL and WCL. These were Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL), South-Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), and Mahanadi Coalfields Limited
Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) is one of the major coal producing company of India. It is one of the eight subsidiaries of Coal India Limited. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited was carved out of South Eastern Coalfields Limited in 1992 with its hea ...
(MCL).
Pursuant to the Fuel Policy of 1974, CIL also started the construction of India's First Low Temperature Carbonisation Plant at Dankuni
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in the late 1970s. It was renamed as Dankuni Coal Complex, and is one of the only operational Coal gas plant of this kind in the world. Dankuni Coal Complex has been incurring heavy loss due to the Greater Calcutta Gas Supply Company (formerly known as Oriental Gas Co.) giving non-remunerative price and fixing them unilaterally. Coal India is planning to venture into Coal-to-Methanol technology at the existing Plant.
The Government of India held 100% equity of CIL from 1975 till 2010.
Initial public offering
In October 2010, the Government of India made an initial public offering
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(IPO) of 10% of the equity shares
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of CIL (631.6 million equity shares) to public at an offer price of per share (at face value of 10 per share). The IPO was oversubscribed by 14.17 times.[ Against an IPO issue size of it received bids for making it the second highest collections in any IPO in India. On the first day of its listing on the stock market, its shares soared 40% higher than IPO price.] With the listing, CIL became the fourth most valued company on the Indian stock exchanges with a market value of .[ CIL was included in the 30-member BSE SENSEX on 8 August 2011.
On 30 January 2015, in an offer for sale (OFS), Government of India sold a further 10% stake in CIL. Priced at per share, the sale fetched the government , making it the largest ever equity offering in the Indian share market.]
Operations
CIL is the largest coal producing company in the world. It produced 536.51 MT (million tonne) coal during FY 2015–16. Coal India operates through 83 mining areas in 8 states of India. As on 1 April 2015, it has 430 coal mines out of which 175 are open cast, 227 are underground and 28 are mixed mines. Production from open cast mines during FY 2014–15 was 92.91% of total production of 494.24 MT. Underground mines contributed to 7.09% of production. CIL further operates 15 coal washeries, out of which 12 are for coking coal
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and 3 are for non-coking coal with 23.30 MTY and 13.50 MTY capacities respectively. CIL's only Low Temperature Carbonisation Plant of Dankuni Coal Complex is currently run on lease basis by its subsidiary SECL. In addition to above, it also manages 200 other establishments like workshops, hospitals, training institutes, mine-rescue setups, etc.
Subsidiaries
CIL produces coal through seven of its wholly owned subsidiaries. These are Eastern Coalfields Limited
Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) is a coal producer based in India. The company was founded in 1975 after nationalisation of coal mines in India. It operates coal mines in Jharkhand and West Bengal states of India. It inherited all the priv ...
(ECL), Bharat Coking Coal Limited
Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) is a subsidiary of Coal India Limited which is inturn under the ownership of Ministry of Coal, Government of India, Its headquarters is located at Dhanbad and Kolkata, India. It was incorporated in January, 1 ...
(BCCL), Central Coalfields Limited
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(CCL), Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), South Eastern Coalfields Limited
South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) is the largest coal producing company of India. It is a "Miniratna" Company, and one of eight fully owned subsidiaries of Coal India Limited. The company has its headquarter at Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, Indi ...
(SECL), Northern Coalfield Limited (NCL), and Mahanadi Coalfields Limited
Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) is one of the major coal producing company of India. It is one of the eight subsidiaries of Coal India Limited. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited was carved out of South Eastern Coalfields Limited in 1992 with its hea ...
(MCL). Its 8th wholly owned subsidiary Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL) provides exploration, planning and technical support to all the 7 production subsidiaries. CMPDIL also provides consulting services to third-party market clients in the field of exploration, mining, allied engineering & testing, management-systems, training, etc. The North Eastern Coalfields (NEC) and Dankuni Coal Complex (DCC) are owned directly by the parent holding company of CIL. However, DCC has been leased to SECL since 1995.
CIL also has a wholly owned subsidiary in Mozambique
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, Coal India Africana Limitada (CIAL) for pursuing coal mining
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opportunities in that country.
The details of number of employees, revenue for FY 2012–13 and production of coal is given in the table below:
Joint Ventures: CIL has two joint ventures -
# International Coal Ventures Private Limited (ICVPL) was formed in 2009 for acquisition of coking coal properties outside India. CIL holds th share in paid up capital of ICVPL.
# CIL-NTPC Urja Private Limited is a 50:50 JV between CIL and NTPC, formed in April 2010 for acquisition of coal blocks in India and abroad.
Listing and shareholding
Listing: CIL's equity shares are listed on ombay Stock Exchangewhere it is a constituent of the BSE SENSEX index and the National Stock Exchange of India
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where it is a constituent of the S&P CNX Nifty.
Shareholding: On 30 January 2015, 79.65% of the equity shares of the company were owned by the Government of India and the remaining 20.35% were owned by others. On 30 January 2015, in an Offer For Sale (OFS), Government of India sold a further 10% stake in CIL. Priced at per share, the sale fetched the government , making it the largest ever equity offering in the Indian share market. On 18 November 2015, Government of India approved another 10% stake sale in CIL.
Employees
Coal India had 333,097 employees as on 31 March 2015, out of which 314,259 were Non-Executives and 18,838 were Executives.
Awards and recognitions
* Coal India Limited (CIL) was conferred with two Corporate Social Responsibility Awards on 18 February 2013: 'Global CSR Excellence and Leadership Award' for Best Corporate Social Responsibility Practices and 'Blue Dart Most Caring Companies of India Award'.
* For 2012, CIL earned a ranking of 48 on overall global performance in the ' Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings'.
* CIL features on the Forbes Global 2000 rankings for 2012 at position 377. Coal India on the Forbes Global 2000 List Forbes 31 May 2013 19 October 2013
* In December 2012, it was ranked as the 9th on the Fortune India 500 list. IOC
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retains top slot in Fortune 500 India list as of in The Hindu 15 December 2012 19 October 2013
* CIL was conferred with 'Company of the Year Award' in a function organized by Indian Chamber of Commerce and Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) in September 2011 at 2nd Summit on 'India Public Sector Agenda @2020' at New Delhi.
*Many of Its employees are conferred with a job in lieu of land. The one being the largest Penganga Opencast of WCL, New Majri UG To OC, Makardhokra etc.
*This year, one of its employees named "Shardaprasad Prajapati (NEIS-54262)" has been conferred with the "Youngest" Employee to be given a job in lieu of land acquired in Majri Area of Western Coalfields Limited.
Profit
The quarterly profit ended on 31 March’22.
Coal India reported a rise of almost 46% in its net profit for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 in consolidated terms. India’s biggest coal miner had posted a consolidated net profit of ₹4,586.78 crore in the year-ago period.
The company registered sales worth ₹30,046.25 crore during the quarter under review compared with ₹24,510.80 crore. Total revenue from operations stood at ₹32,706.77 crore during Q4 FY22, against ₹26,700.14 crore in Q4 FY21.
Green initiatives
Green initiatives: CIL planted 1.57 million saplings during 2014–15.[ In its Annual Report for 2014–15, it informed that it has planted around 82 million trees over an area of around 33700 Ha.]
Criticism
Operating 239 mines without environment clearance: In September 2011, CAG criticised CIL for operating 239 mines in seven coal producing subsidiaries, which existed prior to 1994, without environmental clearance. These mines included 48 open-cast, 170 underground and 21 combined mines. In its report, the CAG also pointed out that of the 18 sample open-cast and eight underground mines, ten mines had undertaken capacity expansion without environmental clearances. The company, in its reply, said that applications for clearances to the projects have already been submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests.[
Coal mines near Tiger Reserves: In India, some coal mines are located near/below the tiger reserves. Mining or construction of administrative offices in/near these reserves disturbs the wildlife. Hence environmental organisations like ]Greenpeace
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have been opposing mining in these areas. Around 50% of the energy requirements of India are met by coal. Hence the protection of wildlife is sometimes overlooked due to this fact. In its argument, the CIL said that in many cases it only does underground mining which does not hurt the forests above.
Accidents during mining: CIL in its Annual Report for FY 2012-13 reported lowest ever figures of average 66 deaths and 251 serious accidents per year for the period 2010-2012 indicating that safety at workplace is improving over the years. Critics claim that the safety practices in most mines are inadequate, which is causing too many casualties. It is also claimed that many accidents and deaths are not recorded and hence are not part of 'official figures'.
Carbon Emissions: CIL ranks 8th among the top 20 firms behind a third of all global carbon emissions
See also
* List of companies of India
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In 2019, the Indian economy was the world's fifth ...
* List of largest companies by revenue
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* List of corporations by market capitalization
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* Make in India
* Forbes Global 2000
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* Fortune India 500
* Coal mining in India
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