Grahak Sadak Koyla Vitaran App

Grahak Sadak Koyla Vitaran App

Question: Recently at which of the following places new App Called “Grahak Sadak Koyla Vitaran App” benefitting customers of Coal India Limited (CIL) lifting coal through road mode has been launched by Union Minister of Railways & Coal?
(a) Visakhapatnam
(b) Odisa
(c) Kolkata
(d) Kandla
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:

  • On November 7th, 2017, Union Minister of Railways & Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal has launched ‘Grahak Sadak Koyla Vitaran App’ benefitting customers of Coal India Limited (CIL) lifting coal through road mode.
  • This customer friendly app was launched on CIL’s Foundation Day in Kolkata.
  • The launching of the app is one of the initiatives of CIL towards achieving the much cherished goal of ‘Digital India’ and transparency.
  • The main features of the app are that it provides date-wise, truck-wise quantity of coal delivered against the Sale Orders and information related to Scheme-wise, Colliery-wise, Grade-wise, customer-wise details of Sale Orders issued during a period.
  • The main benefits of the App for the customers, against the Sale Orders issued, include easy accessibility of the information at the click of the button, apart from transparency in the system of loading programme and despatch.
  • The app also helps in logistics planning for lifting of coal in tune with the loading programmes.
  • It improved planning of procurement, production and stock management by the customers.
  • It is noteworthy that Coal India Limited was granted the ‘Maharatna’ status on 11 April, 2011 by the Government of India.

Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=173288
https://www.coalindia.in/DesktopModules/DocumentList/documents/Hon%E2%80%99ble_Coal_Minister_Launches_Coal_India%E2%80%99s_New_App_11072017.pdf