India's coal reserves are vastly overstated: is anyone listening?

04 Mar 2011

The policy brief deals exclusively with thermal coal and demolishes the myth that India has plenty of coal. The brief explains in detail why the coal that can be extracted is only a small fraction of our total coal inventories. If we remain in denial, we will not take the urgent and necessary steps to augment these reserves.

Tags
Coal reserves
Coal mining
Region
India
Stakeholders
Researchers/Post graduates
Policy Makers