Singareni Collieries Company

The Singareni Collieries Company Limited
Native name
Di Siṅgarēṇi Kāliyarīs Kampenī Limiṭeḍ
TypePublic
IndustryCoal mining
Founded23 December 1920 (1920-12-23)
Headquarters
Kothagudem, Telangana
,
India
Key people
Products
Owner
Number of employees
40,225 (2026)
ParentMinistry of Energy, Government of Telangana
WebsiteSCCL official website

Singareni Collieries Company Limited, also known as SCCL, is a state-owned coal mining enterprise in India. It is jointly owned by the Government of Telangana, which holds a 51% stake in the company, and the Indian Ministry of Coal. Singareni Collieries owns and operates 17 open-cast mines and 22 underground mines in the state of Telangana.[1] In September 2025, the company reported a total of 41,000 regular employees, with an additional 30,000 workers employed on a contract basis.[2]

Since 2015, Singareni Collieries has extracted a total of 692 million tonnes of coal, including 58 million tonnes in the 2025-26 fiscal year.[3] The company is responsible for 9.2% of India's total domestic coal production. In 2025, Singareni Collieries launched two subsidiaries, Singareni Green Energy Company and Singareni Global Limited, focused on solar power and overseas mining operations respectively.[4] The company also opened a new mine in the Angul district of Odisha, its first mining operation outside the state of Telangana.[5]

History

In 1871, William King, a geologist of the Geological Survey of India, discovered coal near the town of Yellandu in Hyderabad State while conducting a geological survey. The Hyderabad (Deccan) Company Limited, incorporated in England, acquired the area's coal mining rights in 1886. The company, renamed Singareni Collieries Company in 1920, was later purchased by Hyderabad State in 1945. Following Indian independence, a majority of the shares were owned by the Andhra Pradesh state government.[6]

Administrators

Sl.
No.		YearsNameDesignationHighest
Degree
11921 - 1934Sir Gordon Fraser,[7] OBEChairperson (CP)
21934 - 1942Mr. L. C. Croslegh[8]CP
31942 - 1945Sir Robert Denniston,[9] OBECP
41946Mr. Zahid Husain, C. I. E.CP
51947Nawab Liakat Jung Bahadur[10]CP
61948Nawab Moin Nawaz Jung BahadurCP
71948 - 1949Mr. D. R. Pradhan,[11] I. C. S.CP
81949 - 1952Mr. C. V. S. Rao,[12] C. I. E.CP
91952 - 1956Dr. G. S. MelkoteCPM.B.B.S.[13]
101956 - 1957Mr. K. Venkata RaoCPPUC
111957 - 1958Mr. S. J. Tarapore[14]CP
121959Mr. P. M. Nayak,[15] I.C.S.CP
131959Mr. R. Prasad,[14] I.C.S.CP
141960Mr. R. S. Krishnaswamy,[15] I.C.S.CPM. A.[16]
151961Mr. P. M. Nayak,[17] I.C.S.CP
161962 - 1964Mr. M. P. Pai,[19] I.C.S.CP
171964 - 1972Mr. V. K. Rao,[20] I.C.S.CP
181972 - 1974Mr. K. I. Vidyasagar,[21] I. A. S.Chairperson & Managing Director (CMD)
191974 - 1978Mr. B. N. Raman,[22] I. A. S.CMD
201979 - 1981Mr. C. N. Sastry,[23] I. A. S.CMD
211981 - 1982Mr. S. Santhanam,[23] I. A. S.CMD
221982Mr. P. K. Doraiswamy,[22] I. A. S.CMD
231982 - 1983Mr. A. Valliappan,[26] I. A. S.CMD
241983 - 1984Mr. K. M. Ahmad,[28] I. A. S.CMD
251984 - 1987Mr. G. P. Rao,[30] I. A. S.CMD
261987 - 1990Mr. V. Govindarajan,[32] I. A. S.CMD
271990 - 1992Mr. A. Valliappan,[26] I. A. S.CMD
281992Mr. R. V. Krishnan,[34] I. A. S.CMD
291992 - 1996Mr. P. P. Williams, I. A. S.CMDMSc (Andhra)
301996Mr. M. C. Mahapatra,[36] I. A. S.CMD
311996Mr. P. V. Bhide, I. A. S.CMDM. B. A.[38]
321997 - 2001Mr. A. P. V. N. Sarma,[39] I. A. S.CMDB. E. (REC)[40]
332001 - 2006Mr. R. H. Khwaja,[41] I. A. S.CMDM.A. (Aligarh)[42]
342006 - 2012Mr. S. Narsing Rao,[41] I. A. S.CMDMSc (Osmania)[43]
352012 - 2014Mr. Sutirtha Bhattacharya, I. A. S.CMDBSc (Calcutta)
362015 - 2023Mr. N. Sridhar, I. A. S.[44]CMDB. E.
37Since 2023Mr. N. Balram, I.R.SCMD

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". SCCLmines.com. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Rajeev, M (22 September 2025). "₹1.95 lakh bonus each to 41,000 SCCL regular employees from 2024-25 profits; Singareni reported ₹6,394 crore profit after tax". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Production". SCCLmines.com. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  4. ↑ Srinivasa Rao, Apparasu (21 December 2025). "SCCL floats 2 subsidiaries for green energy, critical minerals". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Singareni to commence coal production in Naini Block of Odisha 9 years after allotment". The Hindu. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Venugopal, N (31 January 2026). "Who are not coal swindlers?". South First. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  7. ↑ Transactions of the Mining, Geological, and Metallurgical Institute of India, Volume 17, 1923, p.248.
  8. ↑ The Mining Year Book, W.R. Skinner and Financial Times, 1936, p.539.
  9. ↑ S. Srinath, Methods of Recruitment in the Signareni Collieries 1946-56, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Volume 48, 1987, pp. 579-585.
  10. ↑ The Hyderabad Government Bulletin on Economic Affairs, Volume 1, Hyderabad, 1948.
  11. ↑ Lionel Carter (Edited), Towards a Ceasefire in Kashmir: British Official Reports from South Asia, 18 September - 31 December 1948, Routledge, Abingdon, 2018.
  12. ↑ The Hyderabad Government Bulletin on Economic Affairs, Volume 4, Issues 9-11, 1951, p.631.
  13. ↑ P. Rajeswar Rao, The Great Indian Patriots, Volume 2, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, 1991, p.118.
  14. 1 2 The Madras Stock Exchange Official Year-book, Madras Stock Exchange Limited, Madras, 1957, p.751.
  15. 1 2 Kothari's Economic Guide and Investors' Handbook of India, Volume 2, 1961, p.194.
  16. ↑ Annual List of Gazetted Officers in the Andhra Pradesh State, Andhra Pradesh (India) General Administration Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, 1963, p.xvi.
  17. ↑ Kothari's Economic Guide and Investors' Handbook of India, Volume 2, 1961, p.194.
  18. Annual List of Gazetted Officers in the Andhra Pradesh State, Andhra Pradesh (India) General Administration Department, Hyderabad, 1963, p.xvi.
  19. ↑ Kothari's Economic Guide and Investors' Handbook of India, 1965, p.198.
  20. ↑ Kothari's Economic and Industrial Guide of India, 1973, p.43
  21. ↑ Civil List of the Indian Administrative Service, Volume 17, 1972, p.2.
  22. 1 2 E. V. Ram Reddi (Compiled), Report of Enquiry into Certain Transactions of the Singareni Collieries Company Limited, Volume 1, Government Secretariat Press, Hyderabad, 1983, p.69.
  23. ER sheet of S. Santhanam
  24. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
  25. 1 2 The Civil List of the Indian Administrative Service, Volume 28, 1983, p.5.
  26. ER sheet of A. Valliappan
  27. ↑ India Today, Volume 9, Issues 1-12, 1984, p.67
  28. ER Sheet of K.M.Ahmad
  29. ↑ R. Ram Reddy, Industrial Relations in India: A Study of the Singareni Collieries, Mittal Publications, 1990, p.xi.
  30. ER Sheet of G. P. Rao
  31. ↑ P. L. Diwakar Rao, Public sector in Andhra Pradesh: a handbook & directory : with a special supplement on central sector, Utility Publications, 1988, p.141.
  32. All India Civil List, 1968, p.360
  33. ↑ The Civil List of the Indian Administrative Service, Volume 37, 1992.
  34. The Management Accountant, Volume 14, p.529
  35. ↑ Data India, Press Institute of India, Madras, 1996, p.220
  36. ER sheet of M. C. Mahapatra
  37. ↑ NOCIL Limited, Notice of AGM, 2019
  38. ↑ Dattatreyulu Jammalamadaka, Mining Ideas and Coal: Journey with Singareni, Notion Books, Chennai, 2015.
  39. ↑ Advisors to Governor of Andhra Pradesh
  40. 1 2 Moid Siddiqui, R. H. Khwaja, The Acrobatics of Change: Concepts, Techniques, Strategies and Execution, Sage, New Delhi, 2008.
  41. ↑ R.H. Khwaja takes over as Director-General of ASCI, The Hindu, 3 January 2017.
  42. ↑ Osmania Universitym Distinguished Alumni
  43. ↑ N. Sridhar the new CMD of SCCL, The Hindu, Hyderabad, 30 December 2014.
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