Central Coalfields' Gopal Singh appointed as interim chairman of Coal India

The union coal ministry has appointed the current chairman of Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL), Gopal Singh as the interim chairman of the world's largest coal miner Coal India, after it failed to select a whole time candidate to head the Maharatna Company.

Sources said, the ministry has communicated to the company - a day after Sutirtha Bhattacharya, the immediate past chairman retired on August 31 - that Gopal Singh will be given the additional charge of chairman of Coal India apart from his regular duty to head CCL.

"Singh will continue to head Coal India until a regular full time chairman is appointed",