SUVIKALP Tool

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Recently, SUVIKALP received national recognition through the SKOCH Gold Award 2026 under the category “Digital Operational Efficiency – Data Driven Decision Making”.

About SUVIKALP Tool

• It is an in-house Mine Repurposing Tool.
• It is developed by the Coal Controller Organisation (CCO), under the Ministry of Coal.
• It assists stakeholders in selecting suitable mine repurposing projects through a structured and data-driven decision-making process.
• The tool evaluates and ranks repurposing projects based on multiple technical, environmental, social and economic criteria.
• Working
  • Once a suitable project is identified, users can explore implementation pathways through PRISM (Post-Mining Repurposing Implementation Strategy Model).
  • PRISM provides project concepts, implementation approaches, case studies, sample Detailed Project Reports (DPRs), tender documents and information on agencies working in similar sectors.

Key Facts about Coal Controller Organisation

• Coal Controller Organization (earlier Coal Commissioner), established in 1916, is one of the oldest offices in the Indian Coal sector. 
• It is a subordinate office under the Ministry of Coal.
• It collects and maintains coal production data of all private and public sector coal mines in the country. The information is collected on a monthly basis.
• Functions of Coal Controller Organisation
  • It does inspection of collieries so as to ensure the correctness of the class, grade or size of coal.
  • It issues directives for the purpose of declaration and maintenance of grades of coal of a seam mined in a colliery.
  • It acts as the appellate authority in case of dispute between consumers and owner arising out of declaration of grade and size of coal.
  • It regulates disposal of stock of coal or the expected output of coal in the colliery.
  • It grants opening / re-opening permission of coal mine, seam or a section of seam or to sub-divide a mine.
  • Submission of monthly coal data to different ministries of Central and State Government, national and international organization.

Source: PIB

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