Agency Name: | Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation |
Seal: | Emblem_of_India.svg |
Jurisdiction: | Republic of India |
Headquarters: | Office of the Coal Mines Provident Fund Commissioner, Police Line, Dhanbad-826001 (Jharkhand) |
Region Code: | IN |
Chief1 Name: | Animesh Bharati |
Chief1 Position: | Commissioner |
Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation (CMPF) is an agency of the Indian government established in 1948 under The Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1948.[1] It serves as the official pension fund of coal miners and is financed by coal producers on a per-tonne basis.[2] The fund pays the pensions of about 500,000 former coal miners, and has been considered financially precarious since 2017. [3]