COAL INDUSTRY
IN INDIA
An Overview
By A Correspondent
Coal India Operation
-
Spreads over eight states
-
Operates through 8 subsidiaries
and 82 areas
-
Operates 498 mines
-
Operates 16 washeries
-
Has over 200 other establishments
like, workshops, hospitals, captive power plants etc.
MILE STONES
| Oct 1971 |
214 coking coalmines
taken over and placed under BCCL formed as a subsidiary
of SAIL. |
| May 1972 |
Coking coalmines nationalised |
| Jan 1973 |
711 non-coking coal
mines taken over |
| May 1973 |
Non-coking coalmines
nationalised |
| June 1973 |
Coal Mines Authority
Ltd. (CMAL) formed to own and manage all non-coking coalmines except those
under BCCL. |
| Oct 1974 |
Department of coal created
under ministry of energy-both BCCL and CMAL placed under Department of
coal |
| Nov 1975 |
Formation of Holding
Company, Coal India Ltd. (CIL), with five subsidiaries. ECL, BCCL, CCL,
WCL and CMPDIL |
| Jan 1986 |
Creation of 2 more subsidiaries
NCL and SECL out of CCL and WCL |
| Apr 1992 |
Creation of one more
subsidiary MCL out of SECL |
COMPANY PROFILE
|
COMPANY
|
MINES
|
PRODUCTION(MT)
1999-2000
|
PROFIT & LOSS(1999-2000)
Rs Crores
|
MANPOWER
1.4.2000
|
|
ECL
|
122
|
25.12
|
- 728.23
|
133383
|
|
BCCL
|
91
|
28.01
|
- 692.32
|
119978
|
|
CCL
|
68
|
32.40
|
- 121.24
|
80916
|
|
NCL
|
9
|
38.43
|
936.87
|
17242
|
|
WCL
|
86
|
33.86
|
405.86
|
80228
|
|
SECL
|
93
|
58.75
|
455.34
|
93370
|
|
MCL
|
22
|
43.55
|
607.65
|
22859
|
|
CMPDIL
|
|
|
0.71
|
3667
|
|
OVERALLCIL
|
498
|
260.69
|
693.87
|
562071
|
Trend in performance
- since nationalisation
· Raw coal production
· Despatches
from CIL
· Man productivity
· Safety-fatality
rates per million tonnes
· Status of welfare
measures
STATUS OF WELFARE
MEASURES
|
As on
Nationalisation |
As on 31.3.2000
|
|
No. of Houses
|
1,18,366
|
4,00,138
|
|
% Housing
Satisfaction
|
21.7%
|
70.61%
|
Water Supply- Population
covered
|
2,27,300
|
25,53,438
|
|
No. of
Dispensaries
|
197
|
435
|
|
No. of Hospitals
|
49
|
86
|
|
No. of
Ambulances
|
42
|
672
|
Beds to emplo-
yees ratio
|
1:347
|
1:96
|
Educational
Institutions (Aided)
0.71 3667
|
287
|
1,254
|
|