The Ministry of Coal is an Indian government

Government of India

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 ministry

Ministry (government department)

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. The portfolio

Ministry (government department)

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 is currently held by the Prime Minister

Prime Minister of India

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 Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh

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, assisted by the Minister of State

Minister of State

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 for Coal, Sriprakash Jaiswal.

The Ministry of Coal is charged with exploration

Mineral exploration

Mineral exploration is the process of finding ore to mine. Mineral exploration is a much more intensive, organized and professional form of mineral prospecting and, though it frequently uses the services of prospecting, the process of mineral exploration on the whole is much more involved.-Stages...

 of coal

Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...

 and lignite

Lignite

Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, or Rosebud coal by Northern Pacific Railroad,is a soft brown fuel with characteristics that put it somewhere between coal and peat...

 reserves in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, production, supply, distribution and price of coal through the government-owned corporation

Government-owned corporation

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s Coal India Limited

Coal India Limited

Coal India Limited is an Indian state-controlled coal company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, India and the world's largest coal miner with revenue exceeding 60,245 Crore . It was formerly owned entirely by the Union Government of India, under the administrative control of the Ministry of...

 and its subsidiaries

Subsidiary

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, as well as Neyveli Lignite Corporation

Neyveli Lignite Corporation

Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited is a government-owned lignite mining and power generating company in India. NLC operates the largest open-pit lignite mines in India, presently mining 24 MT of lignite and has an installed capacity of 2490 MW of electricity per year. It also supplies a large...

. The Ministry of Coal also manages the Union Government's 49 percent equity

Ownership equity

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 participation in Singareni Collieries Company

Singareni Collieries Company

The Singareni Collieries Company Limited or SCCL is a government-owned coal mining company in India. One of the public sector undertakings, the company is jointly owned by the Andhra Pradesh government and the Union Government . The Union Government's administration of the company is through the...

, a public sector undertaking that is a joint venture with Andhra Pradesh government

Government of Andhra Pradesh

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The Ministry of Coal also is in charge of administration of the Coal Mines Provident Fund Organization and Coal Mines Welfare Organization.