The Headquarters of Coal India Limited (CIL), a ‘Maha Ratna’ PSU under

The Headquarters of Coal India Limited (CIL), a ‘Maha Ratna’ PSU under the Ministry of Coal, is located at:

Dhanbad
Nagpur
Kolkata
Kothagudem
This question was previously asked in
UPSC Geoscientist – 2021
The correct answer is Kolkata.
Coal India Limited (CIL), the largest coal producer in the world and a major Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) of the Government of India, has its headquarters located in Kolkata, West Bengal.
CIL is a ‘Maha Ratna’ company and operates through various subsidiaries located in the major coal-producing states of India, such as Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Assam. Dhanbad is known as the ‘Coal Capital of India’ due to its abundant coal reserves and mining activities, but it is not the location of CIL headquarters. Nagpur is home to Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), a CIL subsidiary. Kothagudem is in Telangana and is a key area for Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), which is a separate state-owned company.