title: Indian National Mineworkers' Federation
text: # 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
  