https://mangalamcoal.com/regulations#tracker Draft rules, regulations and wage settlements affecting Indian coal mining, and where each stands. en-in Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT https://mangalamcoal.com/regulations/draft-colliery-control-amendment-rules-2026-gsr-865e draft-watch|Draft Colliery Control (Amendment) Rules, 2026|Draft|G.S.R. 865(E) · 1 Oct 2026 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT Draft G.S.R. 865(E) · 1 Oct 2026. Would make the Coal Controller the competent authority on mining-plan compliance, let it suspend all or part of a mine's operations that depart from the approved mining plan (after a rectification direction and a 15-day show-cause notice, or at once where safety, the environment or imminent harm require), and require each company Board to declare annually that mining followed the approved plan and all applicable laws. Open for comment for 30 days from the Gazette's public release on 13 October 2026; not in force. https://mangalamcoal.com/regulations/colliery-control-second-amendment-rules-2026 draft-watch|Colliery Control — penalty rule|Notified|G.S.R. 797(E) · 9 Sep 2026 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT Notified G.S.R. 797(E) · 9 Sep 2026. The Colliery Control (Second Amendment) Rules, 2026 substitute rule 13: contraventions now attract a civil penalty under sections 25A and 25B of the MMDR Act, following the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026. https://mangalamcoal.com/regulations/draft-oshwc-coal-mines-regulations-2026 draft-watch|Draft OSH&WC (Coal Mines) Regulations, 2026|Draft|G.S.R. 67(E) · 28 Jan 2026 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT Draft G.S.R. 67(E) · 28 Jan 2026. Proposed successor to CMR 2017, made under the OSH&WC Code 2020 (s.136). The 45-day consultation window closed in March 2026 and no final notification has issued since, so the draft remains pending. CMR 2017 stays fully operative until it does. https://mangalamcoal.com/regulations draft-watch|Mining Plan & Mine Closure Guidelines, 2026|Draft|Stakeholder consultation · 31 Jul 2026 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT Draft Stakeholder consultation · 31 Jul 2026. The Ministry of Coal has redrafted the mining plan and mine closure guidelines and held stakeholder consultation on 31 July 2026. No final instrument has been issued. MPG-2025 therefore remains in force; if the 2026 guidelines are notified they would supersede it, with plans uploaded before commencement staying under the 2025 regime. https://mangalamcoal.com/regulations draft-watch|The four Labour Codes — rollout|In transition|In force 21 Nov 2025 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT In transition In force 21 Nov 2025. Wages, Industrial Relations, Social Security and OSH&WC Codes brought into force; the (Central) Rules, 2026 were finalised 8 May 2026. Jharkhand notified its own Code on Wages and OSH&WC rules back in 2021, ahead of the Codes commencing. https://mangalamcoal.com/regulations#tracker draft-watch|NCWA-XII wage settlement|Pending|NCWA-XI ran to 30 Jun 2026 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT Pending NCWA-XI ran to 30 Jun 2026. The Eleventh National Coal Wage Agreement, signed 20 May 2023, covered 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2026 and has now expired. The Twelfth has not been signed. JBCCI-XII — the joint bipartite committee that negotiates it — is still not constituted. At the Apex Joint Consultative Committee meeting on 3 September 2026 the central trade unions sought an exemption from Section 14 of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, which governs how negotiating unions and councils are recognised, and Coal India management agreed to take it to the Coal Ministry. Coal India was reported on 2 October to have written to the Ministry seeking that exemption. The Ministry's decision is pending, and nothing has issued to report. https://mangalamcoal.com/regulations/cmr-2017-amendment-assistant-manager-2025 draft-watch|CMR 2017 — Assistant Manager scale|Notified|G.S.R. 640(E) · 9 Oct 2025 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT Notified G.S.R. 640(E) · 9 Oct 2025. Amendment fixing the scale of appointment of Assistant Managers in coal mines. https://mangalamcoal.com/regulations#tracker draft-watch|Forest clearance — Van Rules 2023|In effect|In force 1 Dec 2023 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:30:00 GMT In effect In force 1 Dec 2023. The Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Rules, 2023 replaced the Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2022.