New Delhi, April 1 -- Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Wednesday said that coal gasification can help India reduce imports of petrochemicals, crude oil and fertilisers, as the government pushes to scale up the sector through incentives and new investments.

"We are importing petrochemicals, crude oil and fertiliser. All these things we can substitute through coal gasification projects," Reddy told reporters on the sidelines of a land leasing agreement for the Coal Gasification project of Bharat Coal Gasification and Chemicals Limited (BCGCL).

Coal gasification is a key transformative technology that converts coal into syngas, which can be further used to produce cleaner fuels, chemicals, fertilisers, and hydrogen. This approach enables m...