CIL board approves interim dividend

State-owned Coal India (CIL) said on Monday its board has approved an interim dividend of Rs 9.50 per equity share for the current financial year. CIL's board, which met on Monday, approved the payment of interim dividend for 2011-12, the company said in a regulatory filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. The date of the payment of dividend is "on and from March 22, 2012", it said.