Indian National Mineworkers' Federation
# Indian National Mineworkers' Federation

The Indian National Mineworkers' Federation (INMF) is a trade union representing miners in India.

## History

The union was founded in 1949 on the initiative of the Indian National Trade Union Congress, bringing together numerous regional unions of miners. It grew steadily, having 150,000 members by 1960, and 351,000 by 1997, at which time the federation had 139 affiliated unions.

By 2017, the union represented 40% of the workers for Coal India.

## Leadership

### General Secretaries

    c.1960: Kanti Mehta
    1980s: Sudhendu Das Gupta
    c.1990: Bindeshwari Dubey
    c.2000: S. Q. Zama
    Lalan Choubey

### Presidents

    1952: Michael John
    1970s: Kanti Mehta
    1980s: Bindeshwari Dubey
    1990s: Sudhendu Das Gupta
    c.2000: [Chandra Shekhar Dubey] Ex MP
