{"id":498506,"date":"2022-06-16T09:34:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T04:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=498506"},"modified":"2022-06-16T09:44:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T04:14:10","slug":"coal-ministry-to-have-a-just-transition-division-wb-to-provide-1-1-mn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/coal-ministry-to-have-a-just-transition-division-wb-to-provide-1-1-mn\/","title":{"rendered":"Coal ministry to have a &#8216;just transition&#8217; division; WB to provide $1.1 mn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time ever, the Union ministry of coal will have a \u2018just transition\u2019 division, which will draft sustainable coal mine closure plans for areas economically dependent on the dry fuel.<\/p>\n<p>The World Bank will provide an aid of $1.15 million and also prepare a \u2018detailed project report\u2019 in consultation with various stakeholders, especially mine workers\u2019 unions.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time since India announced its net carbon zero target year of 2070 that the policymakers have initiated discussions on just transition in coal bearing areas.<\/p>\n<p>Just transition ensures safe livelihood, land restoration and reclamation near mining areas. It also paves the way for re-employability of communities and economic stability of regions dependent on coal and allied industries, once a mine is shut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time ever, the Union ministry of coal will have a \u2018just transition\u2019 division, which will draft sustainable coal mine closure plans for areas economically dependent on the dry fuel. The World Bank will provide an aid of $1.15 million and also prepare a \u2018detailed project report\u2019 in consultation with various stakeholders, especially mine workers\u2019 unions. This is the first time since India announced its net carbon zero target year of 2070 that the policymakers have initiated discussions on just transition in coal bearing areas. Just transition ensures safe livelihood, land restoration and reclamation near mining areas. It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[135,170,130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-standard-newspapers","category-coal-business-standard-newspapers","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}