(Sample Material) IAS PRE GS Online Coaching : India & World Geography - "Conventional Energy in India"

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Subject: India & World Geography

Topic: Conventional Energy in India

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Overview

• Conventional sources of energy contribute about 67% of India’s power production
• Conventional sources include coal, oil and natural gas
• Thermal energy (coal, oil, gas) is the largest energy source in India

Coal Energy in India

Overview

• India has the fourth largest reserves of coal in the world (behind USA, Russia and China)
• India is the world’s third largest consumer and fourth largest producer of coal
• Coal mining in India began at the initiative of Governor General Warren Hastings at Raniganj (West Bengal) in 1774
• The East India Company set up M/s Sumner and Heatly for coal mining purpose
• Coal mining was nationalised in 1971 (coking coal) and 1973 (non-coking coal). Only the Tata Iron and Steel Company and Indian Iron and Steel Company were exempt
• Coal in India is under the purview of the Ministry of Coal

Important coal mines