Union Minister of Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi on Thursday announced that death of Coal India Limited employees because of Corona pandemic will be treated as accidental death and the kin of employee will get the same financial benefits as they get in the case of accidental death during duty. Around four lakh odd on roll and contractor’s workers of Coal India will get benefited from this decision.
During his visit to State Capital on Thursday the Union Minister, accompanied by his colleague Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda held meetings with Chief Minister Hemant Soren and also subsidiaries of CIL to review the works in the State and a number of issues including coal mining auction.
