'We will need coal despite green push'

Coal is making a comeback everywhere, said Pralhad Joshi

How difficult is it being the coal minister when the world is clamouring for phasing out the dry fuel? 

My paramount job is to ensure India’s energy security. Our emission is a third of the major economies’. We will do more renewables. But our energy requirement will grow manifold. The PM is very clear that we must save the world and we will sacrifice whatever we have to. We will arrest our emission, but we will use our natural resources for our energy security.

So, coal will remain our energy basket’s mainstay?