Coal Crisis in India

As the Indian economy began to revive after facing the huge shock posed by the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, another shock shook the nation when those coal-fired power stations, which produce around 70 per cent of India’s power, announced in early October 2021 that they had an average of four days of coal left, the lowest in years. The news sent shockwaves throughout the nation as it could have far-reaching complications for the economy which was on the way to recovery. Therefore, it becomes important to delve deep into the issues that led to such a crisis and how could such a crisis be prevented in the future.