i) Mission:

To determine the long-term goals of CIL as a whole and then developing plans to achieve these goals giving due weightage to environmental changes and also planning for overall organisational performance.

ii) Overview of the Department:

The Corporate Planning Department of CIL is presently headed by GM (Corporate Planning) under the control of Director (Technical), CIL.

It deals mainly but not limited to the following:

• Annual Plan and Long Term Production Plan.
• Coal Vision 2047 Plan: Corporate Planning division is the nodal department for preparation of report of “Coal Vision 2047” document for Coal India Limited.
• MoU: Preparation of MoU document of CIL & its subsidiaries of the ensuing year, monitoring of MoU document of CIL & its subsidiaries of the current year, evaluation of MoU of preceding year of CIL & its subsidiaries: Please refer CIL Site>Overview>CIL MoU
• Capital Budget and Capital Expenditure: Coal India’s (CIL) capital expenditure has risen 6.5% on year to Rs.19,840 Crores ending FY 2024, the highest to date. Comparatively, the capex was Rs. 18,619 Crores in the preceding fiscal year. Stepping over FY 2024 target of Rs. 16,500 Crores, CIL recorded an achievement of 120%. For the fourth year on sequence CIL’s capex breached the budgeted target.
• R&D activities of CIL: Coal India Limited has been formally supporting R&D programme in coal sector since 1995 after the constitution of its R&D Board headed by Chairman, CIL. The R&D Board of CIL identify & approve thrust areas of applied research, consider projects which have commercial applicability in the mines/units of CIL, provide financial support for all activities related to R&D projects and oversee the implementation of research projects, evolved intuitional arrangements for evaluation of completed R&D projects for suitable application in mines/coalfields in the command area of CIL. The R&D Board of CIL is by assistance of an Apex Committee headed by Director (Technical), CIL. CIL is also supporting institutions in enhancing their research capabilities through collaboration.

CMPDIL is the nodal agency for coordination and monitoring of S&T projects in the coal sector as well as the R&D projects of CIL. The details of S&T and R&D projects taken-up by CMPDI on behalf of CIL are available in CMPDI website.

1. Visit CMPDI website (www.cmpdi.co.in) and click the link "S&T research in Coal & Lignite Sectors (MoC)" at right bottom corner of the page.

2. Go to "Guideline" tab of this page where guidelines and forms will appear. Please go through the guidelines & forms for preparing the proposals.

3. Go through the Thrust Areas of R&D in CIL. The proposal should be in line with the thrust areas of CIL R&D.

• UG Vision Plan: CIL initially prepared and finalised UG Vision plan document in 2022-23 envisaging 100 Mt coal production by 2027-28 from its UG mines. Going forward, CIL has now envisaging 100 Mt coal production by the year 2029-30 considering resource constraints/ enablers like EC, FC, Land and evacuation issues.
• Other auxiliary jobs of Corporate Planning include preparation of replies to Parliament Questions and Standing Committee matters, replies to RTI query, notes of VIP references etc. pertaining to this department.