- CMPDI is the Nodal Agency for coordinating R&D programmes in the coal sector.
- CMPDI assists the Technical Sub-committee of Standing Scientific Research Committee (SSRC) in discharge of its function.
- The job of co-ordination involves
- Inviting fresh research proposals
- Carrying out first level scrutiny
- Processing the scrutinized proposal for approval of Technical Sub-Committee of SSRC
- Monitoring of the progress of the projects at regular intervals
- Framing R&D budget estimates
- Dissemination of research findings and promoting their application to field operations
