The Indian National Mineworkers' Federation (INMF) is a

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

representing miners in

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

History

The union was founded in 1949 on the initiative of the

Indian National Trade Union Congress The Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) is a national trade union centre in India. Founded on 3 May 1947, it is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation. The INTUC claims a membership of over 30 million. Early year ...

, bringing together numerous regional unions of miners. It grew steadily, having 150,000 members by 1960, and 351,000 by 1997, at which time the federation had 139 affiliated unions. By 2017, the union represented 40% of the workers for

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Leadership

General Secretaries

:c.1960: Kanti Mehta :1980s: Sudhendu Das Gupta :c.1990:

Bindeshwari Dubey Bindeshwari Dubey (14 January 1921 – 20 January 1993) was a freedom fighter, trade unionist and politician who served as Chief Minister of Bihar between 12 March 1985 and 13 February 1988. Dubey was involved in the nationalisation of Indian ...

:c.2000: S. Q. Zama :Lalan Choubey

Presidents

:1952: Michael John :1970s: Kanti Mehta :1980s:

:1990s: Sudhendu Das Gupta :c.2000: handra Shekhar DubeyEx MP

References

{{Trade unions in India navbox Trade unions in India Trade unions established in 1949 Mining trade unions 1949 establishments in India