The Ministry of Coal is an

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ministry headquartered in

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. The

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is held by Cabinet Minister Pralhad Joshi. The Ministry of Coal is charged with

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coal Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is formed when ...

and

lignite Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible, sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It has a carbon content around 25–35%, and is considered the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat ...

reserves in

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, production, supply, distribution and price of coal through the government-owned corporations Coal India Limited and its

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, as well as Neyveli Lignite Corporation. The Ministry of Coal also manages the Union Government's 49 percent

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participation in Singareni Collieries Company, a public sector undertaking that is a

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with Government of Telangana. in which equity is held partly by the State Government of

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(51%) and the Government of India.

Ministers of Coal

List of Ministers of State

Organisations

Central Public Sector Undertakings

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. It is the ''largest government-owned-coal-producer'' in the world. It is ...

* Neyveli Lignite Corporation

Statutory Bodies

Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation (CMPF) is an agency of the Indian government The Government of India ( ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the n ...

(CMPFO) *Coal Mines Welfare Organisation *Commissioner Of Payments

Functions And Responsibilities

The Ministry of Coal is responsible for development and exploitation of coal and lignite reserves in India. The subjects allocated to the Ministry which include attached and sub-ordinate or other organisations including PSUs concerned with their subjects under the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, as amended from time to time, are as follows: * Exploration and development of coking coal and non-coking coal and lignite deposits in India * All matters relating to production, supply, distribution and prices of coal * Development and operation of coal washeries other than those for which Department of Steel (ISPAT Vibhag) is responsible * Low-Temperature carbonisation of coal and production of synthetic oil from coal * Administration of the Coal Mines (Conservation and Development) Act, 1974 (28 of 1974) * The Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation * The Coal Mines Welfare Organisation * Administration of the Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provision Act, 1948 (46 of 1948) * Administration of the Coal Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1947 (32 of 1947) * Rules under the Mines Act, 1952 (32 of 1952) for the levy and collection of duty of excise on coke and coal produced and dispatched from mines and administration of rescue fund *Administration of the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 (20 of 1957)

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Coal Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is formed when ...