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Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited (CMPDI) is a Government of India enterprise having its corporate headquarters at Ranchi in India.

It is a fully owned subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL) and a Schedule-B company.

It is a Mini Ratna (Category I) company since June 2019 and ISO 9001 certified since March 1998. It is also on way for ISO 27001 certification for its information security management.

In 1972, CMPDI was originally conceived and proposed by a joint study group with Polish experts as a comprehensive planning set-up under one roof for entire Indian mining industry, which was then operating on a rudimentary planning system. This was also the time when Indian coal-industry was being nationalized to enable it to support the high growth of energy sector required for speedy industrial growth of the country in the coming years.

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New generation exploration technology coupled with skilled manpower has made CMPDI a leader in mineral exploration, resource evalua-tion, resource management, mining geology, hydro-geological & geophysical studies, engineering geology investigations, etc.

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CMPDI is a premier consultant in openpit and underground mine planning and design in coal, lignite and other minerals. CMPDI has prepared over 900 mining project reports with individual project capacity up to 25 Mtpa.

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CMPDI holds a position of eminence in the field of environmental engineering both in coal and other sectors. CMPDI has well equipped network of 6 laboratories located in various coalfields to regularly monitor air, water noise parameters.

Geomatics-Services

CMPDI has a multi-disciplinary group dedicated to Remote Sensing, GIS, GPS, Digital photogrammetry, LiDAR, UAVs, Terrestrial and Mine Survey for integrated natural resources survey and management. CMPDI is actively involved in Indian Coal Mining Sector and attends to full spectrum of Geo-spatial needs of Coal India Limited.