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The total gross revenue of 255 operating CPSEs during FY21 was Rs 24.26 trillion as against Rs 24.58 trillion in the previous year, showing a decrease of 1.30%

Updated On: 11 Sep 2022 | 10:44 PM IST

Union coal secretary Anil Kumar Jain on Tuesday said that thermal power stations have coal stocks that will last for the next 17 days and Mahagenco has stocks for eight to 10 days. Jain addressed a press conference along with Coal India Ltd (CIL) chairman Pramod Agrawal at the Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) during their visit to Nagpur. A major decision has been taken with regards to the pension scheme of coal mine workers, Jain said. The CIL gives Rs 10 per tonne of coal production towards pension scheme to coal mine workers, and likewise, the CIL gave approximately Rs 622 crore towards pension scheme out of the total production of 622 million tonnes last year, he said. As private coal companies were not contributing this way, the coal ministry was planning to a make a law wherein such firms will have to contribute around Rs 20 per tonne coal towards pension fund, Jain said. Speaking about the coal supply to Mahagenco and other power companies, Jain said the WCL was supposed to

Updated On: 16 Aug 2022 | 10:29 PM IST

Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL) has prepared an ambitious road map to almost double its coal despatch capacity through the rail mode, according to a statement.

Updated On: 09 Sep 2020 | 10:21 PM IST

Western Coalfields has increased the production of coal to 57.6 mn tonnes in fiscal year 2019-20 and provided it cheaply to govt and private thermal power stations in Central, West and South India

Updated On: 21 Jul 2020 | 2:47 PM IST

WCL Staff Nurse Recruitment 2019: Candidates will be selected on the basis of a written test. Here's all you need to know

Updated On: 15 Jul 2019 | 12:26 PM IST

WCL's net value stood at Rs 3,157 cr with surplus reserve of Rs 2,860 cr

Updated On: 04 Mar 2017 | 10:34 PM IST

The clearance to the project is subject to certain conditions

Updated On: 19 Feb 2017 | 12:52 PM IST

Rail link will serve as the last mile connectivity to transport bulk cargo of thermal coal from Mahanadi Coalfields to power plants in coastal regions of southern states

Updated On: 30 Jun 2016 | 7:47 PM IST

This land will be in the states of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh

Updated On: 28 Apr 2016 | 3:42 PM IST