To provide proper safety conditions in coal mines, the department is also considering the adoption of eco-friendly surface miners for blast-free safe mining.
While output from wind, solar, and hydro sources remains low as a percentage of capacity, India is producing more coal than before and drilling for coal deposits too.
India earlier said these plants were to operate at full capacity till 15 June, as the Centre looked to maximise output ahead of an expected record surge in power usage during the summer.
The world's largest coal mining company will end the fiscal year Friday with an output of 703.4 million tonnes, it said, 13% higher than the 622.6 million tonnes produced the last year.
In his bilateral talks with Ayub Khan, Lal Bahadur Shastri said while India had never accepted the two-nation theory, some elements in Pakistan were bent on making it a ‘two-hostile nation' construct.
Coal-based power generation fell 3% in 2025 while renewable capacity surged to 40% of India’s installed power mix, according to India Power Sector Review 2025 by CREA.
Pakistan military said it has assured Bangladesh of fast-tracked delivery of Super Mushshak trainer aircraft during high level defence meet held Tuesday.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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