Despite the push for renewables, as per the Draft National Energy Policy of Niti Aayog, the demand for coal is likely to remain in the range of 1.3-1.5 billion tonne by 2030, the Economic Survey 2021-22 said.
Nonetheless, several initiatives are being taken by the coal and lignite producing public sector undertakings (PSUs) to reduce their carbon footprints, as per the Survey tabled in Parliament on Monday.
By 2020-21, the PSUs had brought 56,000 hectares of land under green cover creating a carbon sink of about 5.0 lakh tonne of CO2 equivalent/year.
