Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited (CMPDI) was established in 1974. The company provides consultancy as well as support services for the entire range of coal as well as mineral exploration, mine planning, and designing. Other areas of service for the company are infrastructure engineering, environmental management, special technology, and management systems, mainly for the coal industry as well as minerals. The company is one of the largest coal as well as mineral consultancy firms, with a market share of 61.0% for Fiscal 2025, and is the consultant of choice for Coal India Limited. Business Verticals: Geological Exploration & Resource Evaluation. Mine Planning & Design Services. Environmental Planning & Monitoring Services. Geomatics, Remote Sensing & Survey Services. The company is backed by state-of-the-art infrastructure, which allows the company to execute a wide range of activities in the coal as well as the mineral industry. The company, as of March 31, 2025, boasts one of the largest fleets of exploratory drilling equipment for coal as well as mineral exploration in India. As of December 31st, 2025, the company has seven regional institutes that are situated in the major coal-producing states of the country. The states include Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and West Bengal. The regional institutes enable the company to effectively manage projects. The facilities provided by the company enable it to deliver quality services to the customers across all the business verticals. The company has planned to create open-cast mines with the annual production capacity of up to 85 million tonnes. The mining depths will extend up to 420 meters. This shows that the company is capable of carrying out large-scale mining operations. Furthermore, the company has a total of eight well-equipped laboratories across the various coalfields as of December 31st, 2025. The laboratories are operated by experienced technical professionals who are experts in the testing of coal. The laboratories help the company in the exploration of coal.