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South Eastern Coalfields Limited produced 176.28 MT of coal in FY 2025-26 - about 23% of Coal India's output and around 17% of India's total.
India's coal production crossed 1 billion tonnes for the second year running in FY26, reaching 1.04 BT (provisional); coal generates about 73% of India's electricity.
SECL's Gevra, Kusmunda and Dipka mega mines in Korba have a combined 185 MT capacity; output per man-shift more than doubled to 16.47 tonnes since 2013-14.
Eleven First Mile Connectivity projects (156 MTPA) now carry 41.3% of SECL's coal dispatch.
Replace road haulage of coal from pithead to dispatch point with mechanised conveyors, silos and rapid-loading systems
Key: CIL programme that cuts dust, diesel use and loading time. SECL: 11 projects (156 MTPA, about Rs 2,700 crore) are running, 7 more planned (+85 MTPA); FMC dispatch grew 28% in FY26 to 41.3% of the total.
Digital mine management
Key: Machine monitoring, drone surveys, video analytics and worker safety; 1,600+ CCTV cameras, with AI surveillance planned
Bring women employees into technical roles
Key: HEMM operator training on simulators (19 trainees); Coal India's first all-women dispensary (Bilaspur) and all-women central store unit (Korba)
CSR in education and child health
Key: Sushrut (2023): free residential NEET coaching, with 70 of 80 students qualifying; the first coal-PSU CSR scheme on the DBT Portal. Dhadkan: 300 child heart surgeries toward a goal of 1,060.
Safe underground extraction beneath constrained surface areas
Key: Mined-out spaces filled with an engineered mixture, at Singhali underground mine
State-owned coal producer, founded 1975; Maharatna since 2011. It has eight subsidiaries: seven producers (ECL, BCCL, CCL, WCL, SECL, NCL, MCL) and one planning consultancy (CMPDI).
CIL's largest coal producer by volume; Miniratna. Miniratna Category-I requires three years of continuous profit, a pre-tax profit of Rs 30 crore or more in at least one of them, and positive net worth.
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Mechanised conveyor, silo and rapid-loading transport of coal from pithead to dispatch, replacing trucks
Output per Man-Shift - the key productivity measure in mining (SECL: 16.47 t in FY26)
Autonomy status for profit-making CPSEs (DPE scheme, 1997); Category-I requires Rs 30 crore+ pre-tax profit in one of the last three years