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Coal India Limited (CIL), an Indian state-controlled coal mining company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Coal India Limited is the largest coal producer company in the world and contributes around 82% of the coal production in India. It produced 494.24 million tonnes of coal during FY2014–15 and earned a revenue of ₹954.35 billion (US$15 billion) from the sale of coal in the same financial year. As on 14 October 2015, Union Government of India owns CIL and controls the operations of Coal India through Ministry of Coal. CIL conferred the Maharatna status by the Union Government of India on April 20111.As on 14 October 2015, its market capitalization was ₹2.11 trillion(US$33 billion) making it India’s 8th most valuable company by market value.

Coal mining in Government sector had started in India in the year 1956. Until then, it was totally under the private sector.In September 1956, Government of India established its own coal company National Coal Development Corporation (NCDC). Collieries run by the Railways formed the nucleus of NCDC. This was to fulfill the fast growing energy requirements in the country to support rapid industrialization taking place through 5-year Plans of the Government. In the same year, Singareni Colliery Company, which was operating in Andhra Pradesh since 1920, was also brought under government control when the Central Government and Andhra Pradesh Government acquired it’s 45% and 55% shares respectively.