India needs coal to power erowth, produce gas: FM

New Delhi: India needs to focus on coal for meeting the ‘base load’ (minimum level of demand in the power grid) and gasification projects to ensure a smooth energy transition amid high gas prices, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday.

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“We need greater investments also to help in gasification of coal. I invite all of you to energetically participate in the auction processes which have been launched today and keep your options further extended for greater extraction of minerals in India,” she told investors, while launching the largest round of coal block auctions with 141 mines.