Coal India arms NCL, CCL and WCL bag Coal Minister’s Award

Union Minister of Coal & Mines Pralhad Joshi on Thursday presented “Coal Minister ’s Award” to three coal companies of Coal India Ltd. - Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL), Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) and Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL) in a function held in New Delhi. The award has been instituted to promote best and sustainable practices for coal mining in the countr y. Joshi also launched ‘Project Passion’ – the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) of Coal India Ltd (CIL) which will help improve business per formance and growth of the company with enhanced data integrity. CIL arm NCL was conferred upon the award for outstanding per formance in coal production & productivity, while its other arms CCL and WCL made it for adopting best safety practices and sustainable mining respectively.