Coal India to increase wages of its workers

23 May 2023 , 10:45 AM

Government-owned coal producer, Coal India said on Monday that it has reached an agreement to revise of wages with its 2.38 lakh strong non-executive workers.

‘The Joint Bipartite Committee for the Coal Industry (JBCCI)-XI consisting of representatives of CIL management, Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), five central trade unions i.e. BMS, HMS, AITUC, CITU and Indian National Mine Workers’ Federation (INMF) on May 20, 2023, recommended and inked National Coal Wage Agreement (NCWA)-XI for the period of five years w.e.f. 01.07.2021,’ the miner said.

CIL & SCCL employees who were on the rolls of the company as on July 1, 2021, would be the beneficiaries post-implementation of the agreement. 

Coal India has made the provision of Rs 9,252.24 crore for a period of 21 months effective July 1, 2021, to March 31, 2023, for this effect.

Non-executive workers, which account for 94% of Coal India’s workforce gets revision of wages every five years.