FUNCTIONS:
CMPDI functions through its headquarters at Ranchi and its regional institution
numbered 1 to 7 located at Asansol, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Nagpur, Bilaspur, Singrauli, and
Bhubaneswar respectively along with various field units and exploration camps.
The services of CMPDI fall under the following two broad heads.
A. CMPDI’s Business Function, that is the consultancy and support for mineral
exploration, mining, infrastructural engineering, environmental management, and
management systems, especially to the mineral, mining and allied sectors, both
within and outside coal industry and country.
B. CMPDI’s corporate responsibilities, are as follows.
Assisting ministry of coal (MoC) and planning commission for strategic
decisions retailing to coal-sector at the national level, through maintain
inventories of coal deposits, coal mining potentials and operations.
Functioning as a nodal agency on behalf of government of India, e.g., for
schemes funded by MoC viz S&T projects, exploration work in non-CIL
blocks, Environmental Measures and Subsidence Control(EMSC) projects,
and CBM clearing house and for projects funded by CIL R&D Board.
Liaison between MoC, CIL, and sister coal producing companies on
technical and operational matters.
Working as in house planner and guide for coal-producing companies
under CIL as their integral part.
So, the services of CMPDI are for any of the following purposes.
Services to pursue company’s business activities.
Service s to pursue research & development needs of the industry, either
independently or in association with some external agency\body.
Services technically similar to the above, but undertaken as it corporate
obligations.