1. Short title, commencement and application . - (1) This Scheme may be called The Coal Mines Pension Scheme, 1998.
(2)It shall come into force from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.(3)It shall apply to the employees of the coal mines to which the Coal Mines Provident Fund Scheme, 1948, the Andhra Pradesh Coal Mines Provident Fund Scheme, 1956 and the Rajasthan Coal Mines Provident Fund Scheme, 1958, framed under section 3 of the Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1948, apply.
