· Coal tar is an ingredient of anti dandruff and lice repelling shampoos soaps and ointments Coal gas This is also obtained as a by product while producing coke and again just like tar its smell is not very pleasant It is a highly flammable gas as the main component of it is methane Thus if not regulated carefully it can form mixture
· The supremacy attributed to coal mining in contemporary India represents how coal nationalism has replaced coal colonialism in the country turning this commodity into an icon a national symbol In recent years the extraction of coal in forest covered resource peripheries has dispossessed and pauperised many tribal and rural communities who have used these resource rich lands for
· Gondwana coal makes up to 98 per cent of the total reserves and 99 per cent of the production of coal in India Satpuras denudation [weathering erosion] has exposed coal bearing Gondwana strata The carbon content in Gondwana coal [250 million years old] is less compared to the Carboniferous coal [350 million years old][Almost Absent in India] because of its much younger age Gondwana coal
· Coal tar is an ingredient of anti dandruff and lice repelling shampoos soaps and ointments Coal gas This is also obtained as a by product while producing coke and again just like tar its smell is not very pleasant It is a highly flammable gas as the main component of it is methane Thus if not regulated carefully it can form mixture
India consumes 966 288 693 Tons short tons st of Coal per year as of the year 2016 India ranks 2nd in the world for Coal consumption accounting for about % of the world s total consumption of 1 139 471 430 tons India consumes 729 540 cubic feet of Coal per capita every year based on the 2016 population of 1 324 517 249 people or 1 999 cubic feet per capita per day
In India the value of mineral production has more than tripled since the sector was liberalised from about Rs 25 000 crore in 1993 94 to more than Rs 84 000 crore in 2005 06 an astounding growth rate of % Production of coal lignite natural gas bauxite
· Coal Minister Piyush Goyal had earlier said the reform is expected to bring efficiency to the coal sector by moving from an era of monopoly to competition India is said to have coal reserves of up to 300 billion tonnes The move of ending monopoly will also lead to greater energy security as 70 per cent of India s electricity is generated from
· Coal provides about half of India s commercial primary energy supply today and is the dominant fuel for power production in India In 2014 Prime
· has long been a major player in coal fired electricity It s right there in the name Until 2005 it was known by its longform moniker National Thermal Power Company But it has lately stepped into the renewables business as have many other major power and industrial players in India with a commitment last year to build 32 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2032
· Coal secretary Anil Kumar Jain said that coal forms the backbone of India s energy system as it contributes to nearly 58 per cent of the country s commercial primary energy supply and coal based power forms more than 70 per cent of power generated in the country Coal India Ltd alone accounts for per cent of coal production in the country
COAL PRODUCTION Through sustained programme of investment and greater thrust on application of modern technologies it has been possible to raise the All India production of coal at million tonnes in 2019 20 Provisional The all India Production of coal during 2020 21 were MT Provisional with a negative growth of % Coal India Limited CIL and its subsidiaries
Coal in India Adjusting to transition ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Coal provides about half of India s commercial primary energy supply today and is the dominant fuel for power production in India In
· Coal production and burning after all contributes heavily to air pollution and India is already home to 14 of the world s 20 worst cities for air quality according to the 2019 AirVisual report Cheaper domestically produced coal being available is not according to Tongia going to magically result in India using more coal
· India relies on coal for 55 percent of its electric power and struggles to keep enough on hand Coal remains a critical component of the world s energy supply despite its bad image In China
India consumes 966 288 693 Tons short tons st of Coal per year as of the year 2016 India ranks 2nd in the world for Coal consumption accounting for about % of the world s total consumption of 1 139 471 430 tons India consumes 729 540 cubic feet of Coal per capita every year based on the 2016 population of 1 324 517 249 people or 1 999 cubic feet per capita per day
While India imposes a Rs 400/tonne metric ton cess upon coal which even applies to imports this is only about $ per short ton of coal If one were to convert this to an implicit carbon tax
India consumes 966 288 693 Tons short tons st of Coal per year as of the year 2016 India ranks 2nd in the world for Coal consumption accounting for about % of the world s total consumption of 1 139 471 430 tons India consumes 729 540 cubic feet of Coal per capita every year based on the 2016 population of 1 324 517 249 people or 1 999 cubic feet per capita per day
· Coal India Limited a state controlled mining company was the largest coal producing company in the world In 2020 the company had produced approximately 602 million metric tons of coal
India consumes 966 288 693 Tons short tons st of Coal per year as of the year 2016 India ranks 2nd in the world for Coal consumption accounting for about % of the world s total consumption of 1 139 471 430 tons India consumes 729 540 cubic feet of Coal per capita every year based on the 2016 population of 1 324 517 249 people or 1 999 cubic feet per capita per day
Recently the utilization of inferior grade coal for the production of fuel based materials metallurgical coke is an exciting research area in the industrial sector because of the limited reserves of prime coking coal worldwide In the steel industry coal tar is the most abundant and sustainable cost effective by product which is a source of an adequate amount of aromatic components
