South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) is the largest coal producing company of India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It is one of the eight fully owned subsidiaries of Coal India Limited

Coal India Limited

Coal India Limited is an Indian state-controlled coal company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, India and the world's largest coal miner with revenue exceeding 60,245 Crore . It was formerly owned entirely by the Union Government of India, under the administrative control of the Ministry of...

. The company has its head office at Bilaspur

Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh

Bilaspur is a city in Bilaspur District in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, situated 111 km north of state capital, Raipur. It is the second-largest city in the state. It is the administrative headquarter of Bilaspur district...

 and mines spread over Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh is a state in Central India, formed when the 16 Chhattisgarhi-speaking South-Eastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained separate statehood on 1 November 2000....

 & Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

. It has total 92 Mines. Total Underground Mines are 70 and total Opencast mines are 21. There is 1 mixed mine.It is a schedule 'B' Mini Ratna CPSE in coal & lignite under the administrative control of Ministry of Coal

The Company came in to existence in 1985, when Government of India, decided to bifurcate a part of coal mines held by Western Coalfields Limited

Western Coalfields Limited

Western Coalfields Limited is one of the largest coal producing company of India. It is one of the eight fully owned subsidiaries of Coal India Limited. The company came in to existence in 1975 after nationalization of coal mines in India. It inherited all the private sector coal mines of the...

 in to new company called South Eastern Coalfields Limited, along with Central Coalfields Limited

Central Coalfields Limited

Central Coalfields Limited is a subsidiary of Coal India Limited , an undertaking of the Government of India. CCL manages the nationalized coal mines of the Coal Mines Authority, Central division...

, which was bifurcated in to Northern Coalfields Limited, for administrative purpose.