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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Topic: coal

Coal India’s stranglehold will deter investors from commercial mining opened up by govt

Swansy Afonso -
Foreign companies may not rush to bid in auctions as state clearances take time & costs will have to be lowered to compete with Coal India.

West should get China to drop veto rather than lecture India on cutting emissions

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Modi govt formulating National Coal Index to bring in more FDI, open up sector

PTI -
With the index, the govt will be able to benchmark coal price, cost of production and efficiency of operations, Coal India said.

India is coal’s brightest star but it’s facing a burning question

David Fickling -
Coal-fired power has long failed in terms of health & climate impacts, but now its raw economics are collapsing too. Even the govt can’t keep it going for long.

India, world’s no. 2 coal buyer, plans to cut imports by a third

Rajesh Kumar Singh -
India plans to meet its coal demand by increasing domestic production and from a jump in renewables output over the next 5 years.

Adani doubles down on controversial Australian coal mine, says India needs thermal power

Rajesh Kumar Singh -
Adani says Australia’s Carmichael coal mine is viable for his group and renewable energy is good but can’t meet India’s power needs.

Coal will still meet nearly 50% of India’s energy needs in 2030 despite focus on renewables

Anindya Upadhyay -
A mismatch between peak periods of demand and output from renewables means coal will remain the primary energy producer, a report by the Central Energy Agency states.

World’s dirtiest air presents challenge for Modi in second term

Debjit Chakraborty -
Modi government will have to take a series of steps starting with strengthening power distribution firms to ensure clean air.

Adani expects India’s coal imports to break records this year as demand stays robust

Rajesh Kumar Singh -
Imports will climb almost 11% to 184 million metric tons in 2019-20, & rise further to average about 200 million annually through following decade.

Indians are addicted to cheap coal power and it’s killing them

Iain Marlow -
Coal provides roughly 70% of India’s power needs, even as 1.24 million citizens die annually as a result of choking smog, according to The Lancet.
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Opinion

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Shekhar Gupta -
Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

Rahul’s ‘vote chori’ attack on EC is a political dead-end. He still has a point

Rahul Gandhi echoes Pakistan on Op Sindoor, Trump on economy. He’s a distraction

Economy

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

Sampurna Panigrahi -
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Defence

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Javaria Rana -
Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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