The state-owned company had in October said it has signed a wage agreement with workers' unions, proposing a 20 per cent hike in salaries for a period of five years.
"We will now take up the matter of new wage agreement for the contract workers and some other pending issues with Coal India, "All India Coal Workers' Federation general secretary D D Ramanandan told PTI.
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The 10-member committee will comprise five members from the trade unions and as many from Coal India.
The 10th wage agreement effected in October would have an estimated impact of Rs 5,667 crore per year on the world's largest coal miner.
The mining behemoth's bottomline has been under stress in the last few quarters.
In the three months ended September, it posted nearly a 40 per cent fall in consolidated net profit to Rs 368.88 crore compared to Rs 612.44 crore in the corresponding period a year ago.
Trade Unions expect the average wage hike for the contract workers - whose number is estimated to be anywhere between two to three lakh - in the range of 15-20 per cent.