India must increase coal production for self-reliance: Pralhad Joshi
India needs to increase domestic coal production in order to fulfil the ever-growing demand for fuel and reduce import dependency, Union Coal and Mines Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Friday.
“The need for coal is going to be double by 2040 with the rise in electric vehicles and the increased demand for electricity. Therefore, we need to ramp up our coal production to meet this growing energy requirement,” Joshi said at an investors’ meet here.
He said the target of the coal ministry is to minimise the import of thermal coal and to make the country ‘Aatmanirbhar’ in the sector.
