Union Minister of Coal and Mines, Pralhad Joshi said India aims for 100 million tonnes (MT) coal gasification by 2030 with investments worth over Rs 04 lakh crores.
Joshi was addressing a Webinar in New Delhi on Monday on Coal Gasification and Liquefaction organised by the Ministry of Coal (MoC) for discussing road map for achieving this target.
“Coal Gasification and Liquefaction is no more an aspiration, but a requirement. For encouraging use of clean sources of fuel, government has provided for a concession of 20 per cent on revenue share of coal used for gasification.
This will boost production of synthetic natural gas, energy fuel, urea for fertilisers and production of other chemicals.” said Joshi.Reiterating on Government’s commitments for green initiatives in the coal sector, Joshi said that Coal Gasification and Liquefaction are well in Government’s agenda and various actions have been taken for development of Surface Coal Gasification in India.
A Steering Committeehas been constituted in this regard under chairmanship of Member, NITI Aayog, VK Saraswat comprising members from the Ministry of Coal.
