Coal India said that a 19% minimum guaranteed benefit on emoluments including basic salary, variable dearness allowance, special duty allowance and attendance bonus, and a 25% increase in allowances have been agreed upon.

Source: https://www.financialexpress.com/market/share-market-today-live-updates-sensex-nifty-rupee-vs-dollar-sgx-nifty-adani-shares-asia-us-markets-tuesday-23-may/3098066/

In the Talcher coalfields in Odisha, run by a unit of Coal India, a local government directive means outside work should stop in the middle of the day, to prevent heatstroke.

Source: https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/indias-power-demand-growing-at-the-same-time-workers-are-trapped-in-a-vicious-cycle-of-coal-and-heat-what-is-modi-govts-solution/3102759/

• “The creation of the NTPC and Coal India in the mid-1970s was a central solution to a regional problem”-How?

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/upsc-current-affairs/upsc-key-26th-october-2023-comprehensive-test-ban-treaty-pablo-picasso-and-theaterisation-of-armed-forces-9000971/