SEVENTY FIFTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: The Business Session of Seventy Fifth Annual General Meeting was held on Friday, the 18th December 2020 through virtual mode. The Executive Committee Members congratulated Shri Swapan Maity from WBPDCL for being elected as the new President of the Association and Shri Himanshu Singh from Vedanta Limited on becoming the new Vicepresident of CCAI. In his opening remarks of the meeting, the outgoing President, Mr. Asim Chattopadhyay thanked everyone present for reposing trust in the Association and for attending the AGM as well as the First Executive Committee Meeting of CCAI. The new President thanked all present for entrusting him with the responsibility and for attending the AGM as well as First Executive Committee meeting of CCAI. Esteemed member companies from both Power and Non-power sectors, senior officials from Coal India Ltd. and its Subsidiary coal companies like ECL, CCL, MCL and WCL graced the meeting conducted via Zoom app. The president appreciated that most of the members have paid their annual subscription in time barring a few and pointed out that some members are providing all round support to the Association. It was noted that the Association is currently going through an unprecedented financial crisis and advice and support was sought from the esteemed member companies for its sustenance. A number of members present at the meeting expressed their satisfaction with the service of CCAI and proposed to hike the Annual Membership Fee by a minimum of 10% to 20%. The new Vice President, Mr. Himanshu Singh also approved the thought that large companies should be charged for Annual Membership against separate companies under the same group. Members noted that the age old Association should be protected for the long-term benefits of coal consumers across all sectors. Talking about the enhancement of services and new initiatives by the Association, under the Chairmanship of Mr. Asim Chattopadhyay: 1. One separate team of technocrats with vast experience has been formed to provide technical support at the plants of the member organisations. 2. Another team has been formed by CCAI to provide additional technical support and consultancy related to mining of coal blocks and other minerals etc. 3. CCAI Secretary, Ms. Subhasri Chaudhuri noted that considering the reduced mobility cropped up during the ongoing pandemic the organisation has formed a team of skilled professionals who would look into individual issues of the valued members. All the services would be offered to our esteemed members in writing by the Association soon. Pointing out that under the current crisis situation the Membership base of CCAI is shrinking, the Secretary said a drive needs to be taken by the concerned employees and by the help and support of the esteemed members of the Association to increase the Membership base for the organisation to thrive. Responding to the specific question by Mr. Rajiv Angra from Vardhman Fabrics regarding the earnings of CCAI through Annual Membership Subscription, the Secretary said that the Association has received Rs. 30.68 lac through its Membership Subscription in FY 2019-20. However, Annual Membership worth Rs. 2.71 lac is still outstanding. While discussing the persisting concerns of the consumers from Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), Mr. Vernon Morais from Haldia Energy Limited stated that the longstanding issue of old and faulty weighbridges at the Subsidiary is causing problems with the weighment and needs to be addressed immediately. He also requested WCL to supply import substitution coal through rakes for the month of December 2020 and onwards. Mr. Ashok Gupta, GM (S&M), MCL present at the meeting stated that the recalibrations of weighbridges at certain sidings of MCL are to be done by next week. He urged the consumers as well as the Association to also take up the issue of weighbridge with the Railways as it partly comes under their purview. He said to avoid the discrepancy over weighment of rakes Railways should consider the tare weight.
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