India, July 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The key initiatives taken by the Government to increase coal production and reduce dependence on imports in the country are as under:
In addition to the above, coal companies have also taken the following steps to increase domestic coal production:
Most of the requirement of coal in the country is met through indigenous production / supply. The focus of the Government is on increasing the domestic production of coal and to eliminate non-essential import of coal in the country.
The efforts made by the Government to encourage use of domestically produced coal and to reduce coal import dependency are as under:
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