Business Reporter :
WESTERN Coalfields Limited
(WCL) has paid an interim dividend of Rs 249.86 crore to Coal
India Limited (CIL). During the
meeting held on Wednesday in
Kolkata, Chairman-cumManaging Director of WCL Jai
Prakash Dwivedi handed over
the cheque of the interim dividend for the financial year 2024-
25 to Chairman of Coal India
Limited PMPrasad. Prior to the
year 2024 - 25 , WCL had paid
dividend to CIL in the financial
year 2015-16.
At present, the net worth of
WCL is Rs 7,443 crore and in the
financial year 2023-24,WCL has
earned a profit of Rs 4,182 crore.
On this occasion, the Directors
of CIL and the CVO were present. Director (Technical) of CIL,
Anil Kumar Singh , Director
(FinanceandPersonnel),Bikram
Ghosh, Chief Vigilance Officer
Ajay Madhukar Mhetre, General
Manager (Finance) Dinesh
KumarChaudharyandothersenior officers were present in the
meeting.