Question : WORKERS EMPLOYED IN COAL COMPANIES



a) The number of workers employed in various coal psus in the country as on date,company-wise;and

b) The quantam of coal produced through machine and manually separately during the last three years the current year,company-wise?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION(SHRI SRI PRAKASH JAISWAL)

(a) COAL INDIA LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIATIES Ans. The number of workers employed in Coal India Limited and its subsidiary companies as on 30.6.2009 are as follows:


COMPANY No. of workers as on 31.5.2008

Eastern Coalfields Ltd.(ECL) 87785

Bharat Coking Coal Ltd(BCCL) 73846

Central Coalfieds Ltd.(CCL) 53768

Western Coalfields Ltd(WCL) 60102

South Eastern Coalfields Ltd 79056 (SECL) & Dankuni Coal Complex

Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd(MCL). 19648

Northern Coalfields Ltd.(NCL) 15068

Central Mine Planning & Design 2298 Institute Ltd.

North Eastern Coalfields(NEC) 2849

Coal India Limited(CIL)(Head 737 Quarter)

TOTAL 395157

SINGARENI COLLIERIES COMPANY LIMITED

The number of worker in Singareni Collieries Company Ltd as on 30.6.2009 is 70341.

NEYVELI LIGNITE CORPORATION LTD.

The number of worker in Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd as on 1.7.2009 is 14471.

(b) COAL INDIA LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIATIES

The quantum of coal produced through machine and manually separately during the last three years and the current year, company-wise is as under:-

Figures in MT

Company 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 By Manually By Manually By Manually Machine Machine Machine

ECL 24.17 3.97 19.65 4.41 25.63 4.84

BCCL 23.48 2.03 22.92 2.29 21.35 2.85

CCL 42.07 1.17 42.7 1.39 39.84 1.48

NCL 63.65 0.00 59.62 0.00 52.16 0.00

WCL 43.89 0.81 42.51 1.01 42.00 1.21

SECL 100.34 0.80 92.75 1.05 87.32 1.18

MCL 96.28 0.06 87.94 0.07 79.93 0.07

NEC 0.96 0.05 1.01 0.09 0.94 0.11

CIL 394.84 8.89 369.16 10.31 349.17 11.74

The information regarding production through machine and manually in Coal India Limited and its subsidiaries for current year is being collected. The same would be laid on the table of the House. SINGARENI COLLIERIES COMPANY LIMITED

Figures in MT 2009-10 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 (April-June ’09)

By Machine 11.437 40.496 35.778 32.133

Manually 0.820 4.046 4.826 5.574

TOTAL 12.257 44.542 40.604 37.707

NEYVELI LIGNITE CORPORATION LTD. Actual Lignite Production

Figures in (Lakh Tonnes) 2009-10 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 (April-June ’09)

By Machine 58.76 213.07 215.86 210.14

Neyveli Lignite Corporation’s mines are highly mechanized, the quantum of lignite produced manually is negligible.