"The past and present government have resorted to allocate coal mines on such a premise that the coal blocks of the country are just waiting to be exploited."Critically examine in the light of environment concerns.

The utilization of coal in India varies to large applications ranging from household to industries. Also, its easy availability and cheap coast attract business to it. The allocated coal mines specially to private players were made to intensive uses thus destroying the environment and polluting air with toxic substances. Furthermore, Indian coal is of poor quality with large pollutants and more dependence over coal for power production will destroy the environment in no time.
So, here comes the need, to shift towards clean energy resources and renewable resources which are environment friendly. Power generating companies should be complied to adopt renewable and clean resources.

Topics: GS-III: Infrastructure Energy Sector