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Coal Minister reviews meet on further increasing coal production & Offtake

The meeting Carried out a detailed discussion on further increasing coal production and offtake from Central Coalfields Limited.

Ranchi, Jharkhand: Union Minister of Coal, Mines & Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi visited Ranchi Jharkhand to review the two coal companies, CCL and ECL, chaired a meeting with the CMD of Central Coalfields Limited and other senior officials. 

Chief Secretary of Jharkhand, State's Mining Secretary, Shri. Pramod Agrawal, Chairman, Coal India Limited, Addl. Coal Secretary, DC Godda, CMD, CCL, Shri. A. P. Panda, CMD, ECL, and senior management of CCL and ECL were also present in the meeting.

Deliberated on a host of issues to build a conducive environment for mining activities in the State, especially the Rajmahal area. Appreciate the State's Administrative team for their support & cooperation.

The meeting Carried out a detailed discussion on further increasing coal production and offtake from Central Coalfields Limited. Also worked out ways to free land from all encumbrances, with the help of State administration, Joshi said.

He Further reviewed mining operations and coal offtake from Eastern Coalfields Limited (A subsidiary of Coal India) in the presence of Chairman Coal India Limited and the CMD of ECL and appreciated the hard work of coal miners to fulfill the energy demands of the nation and urged them to further scale up coal production and dispatch.