Which of the following statements with regard to Coal India Limited (C

Which of the following statements with regard to Coal India Limited (CIL) is/are true?

  • 1. CIL has its headquarters at Kolkata.
  • 2. CIL operates through 82 mining areas spread over twenty provincial States of India.
  • 3. CIL is the single largest coal-producing company in the world.

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1 only
1 and 3 only
2 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3
This question was previously asked in
UPSC CDS-1 – 2020
Statement 1 is true: Coal India Limited (CIL) has its headquarters in Kolkata, West Bengal. Statement 3 is also true: CIL is widely recognized as the single largest coal-producing company in the world based on production volume. Statement 2 is false: CIL operates through its subsidiaries in 8 coal-bearing states of India, not twenty provincial states.
CIL is a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Coal, Government of India. It plays a dominant role in the Indian coal sector, accounting for a major share of the country’s total coal production.
The 8 states where CIL’s major operations are spread are West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, and Assam. The number of mining areas operated by CIL subsidiaries is significant, but the claim about ‘twenty provincial States’ is factually incorrect.