Coal India Limited Information

Coal India Limited (CIL) the state owned coal mining corporate came into being in November 1975. With a modest production of 79 Million Tonnes (MTs) at the year of its inception CIL today is the single largest coal producer in the world. Operating through 82 mining areas CIL is an apex body with 7 wholly owned coal producing subsidiaries and 1 mine planning and consultancy company spread over 8 provincial states of India. CIL also manages 200 other establishments like workshops, hospitals etc. Further, it also owns 26 technical & management training institutes and 102 Vocational Training Institutes Centres. Indian Institute of Coal Management (IICM) as a state-of-the-art Management Training ‘Centre of Excellence’ the largest Corporate Training Institute in India, operates under CIL and conducts management development programmes. The producing Indian subsidiary companies of Coal India Limited are, 1. Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) 2. Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) 3. Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) 4. Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) 5. South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) 6. Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) 7. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL)