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, the government-owned coal producer in India.
Leadership General Secretaries c.1960: Kanti Mehta 1980: Sudhendu Das Gupta c.1990: Bindeshwari Dubey c.2000- Present S. Q. Zama
Presidents 1952: Michael John 1970s: Kanti Mehta 1980s: Bindeshwari Dubey 1990s: Sudhendu Das Gupta c.2000- 2021 Rajendra prasad 2021- Present: Anup Singh, MLA
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