Question : Subsidiaries of Public Sector Coal Companies

(a) the names of subsidiaries of public sector coal companies along with their present status;

(b) whether these companies are required to be revived; and

(c) if so, the scheme prepared by the Government for their revival?

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COAL,

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a): Coal India is a holding company, in which the shareholding of the Government of India (GoI) is 78.546%. It has seven wholly owned coal producing Indian subsidiary companies and one Mine Planning & Consultancy Company. The names of these subsidiaries alongwith their status are as under:

Sl no. Name of Subsidiary Present Status
1 Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) Applied for Miniratna Cat I
2 Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) Miniratna Cat I
3 Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) Miniratna Cat I
4 South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) Miniratna Cat I
5 Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) Miniratna Cat I
6 Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) Miniratna Cat I
7 Mahanadi Coalfields Limtied (MCL) Miniratna Cat I
8 Central Mine Planning & Design Institute ( CMPDIL) Applied for Miniratna Cat I

In addition, CIL has a foreign subsidiary in Mozambique namely Coal India Africana Limitada (CIAL)

Further, NLC India Limited has GoI shareholding of 84.04% and it has the following two subsidiaries:-
1. NLC Tamilnadu Power Limited (NTPL) at Tuticorin, Tamilnadu – NTPL is a JV project with TANGEDCO (89:11). Its power generation capacity is 1000 MW (2 units of 500 MW each) using coal as fuel and is operational since 2016.
2. Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Limited (NUPPL) at Ghathampur, UP State – NUPPL is a JV project with UPRVNL (51 : 49). It has been sanctioned with 1980 MW (3 units of 660 MW each) of generation capacity and is under construction stage.

(b) & (c) :- No subsidiary of Coal India Limited and NLC India Limited falls under the classification of sick company and the question of revival of these subsidiaries does not arise.


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