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'''Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation''' (CMPF) is an agency of the [[Government of India|Indian government]] established in 1948 under ''The Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1948''.<ref name="cmpfo">{{cite web|url=http://cmpfo.gov.in/CMPF_Act.html|title=Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation|publisher= |website=cmpfo.gov.in|accessdate=27 September 2015}}</ref> It serves as the official pension fund of coal miners and is financed by coal producers on a per-tonne basis.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sengupta|first=Debjoy|date=2020-05-09|title=CIL board to take up PF contribution plan|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/cil-board-to-take-up-pf-contribution-plan/articleshow/75640293.cms|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref> The fund pays the pensions of about 500,000 former coal miners, and has been considered financially precarious since 2017. <ref>{{Cite news|last=Sengupta|first=Debjoy|date=2020-05-07|title=EPFO, CMPFO merger on cards|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/epfo-cmpfo-merger-on-cards/articleshow/75585812.cms|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref><br />
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