Table of Contents
Why in NEWS?
- India is moving away from coal.
- Strategy and protect the livelihood of those in the coal belt.
Germany’s coal commission
- tug-of-war
- phase-out of coal-based power generation
- prevent massive structural unemployment.
Indian perspective
- India is at the early stages of a major energy transition
- It is high time that India works on a commission similar to that in Germany, for devising a strategy.
Measures?
- Central government committees have been set up over the years
- It laid out a roadmap for phasing out capital subsidies and providing early support to RE.
About Future
- The government should consider a committee to consider the future of India’s coal industry, and the PSUs engaged in this.
Alternative solutions?
- Dankuni Coal Complex outside Calcutta
- The goal of the plant was to produce piped gas for Calcutta, and various smokeless fuels and other chemical products derived from coal.
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