Coal is primarily used for electricity generation in India. The largest coal reserves are located in eastern India, especially in the states of Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal. Coal mining is important for India's energy needs as coal supplies over 40% of India's energy, but it can also have negative environmental impacts such as erosion, habitat loss, and water pollution.

1. Coal Mining
areas in India

2. Main usages of coal
• Electricity Generation. Power generation is the primary use
for coal worldwide. ...
• Metal Production. Metallurgical (coking) coal is a key
ingredient in steelmaking. ...
• Cement Production. Coal is used as a key energy source in
cement production. ...
• Gasification and Liquefaction. ...
• Chemical Production. ...
• Other Industries.

3. What is coal mining
Coal miming is the
process
of extracting coal fr
om the ground. Coal
is valued for
its energy content.

4. Coal Mining areas in India
• India has abundant domestic reserves of coal.
Most of these are in the states of Jharkhand,
Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh,
Telangana and Madhya Pradesh .But large
coal field are located in the east of India
in Jharia, Jharkhand. Jharia represents the
largest coal reserves in India having
estimated reserves of 19.4 billion tonnes of
coking coal.

5. Negative effects of coal
mining
There are significant
environmental impacts
associated with coal mining
and use. It could require the
removal of massive amounts
of top soil, leading to erosion,
loss of habitat and pollution.
Coal mining causes acid mine
drainage, which causes heavy
metals to dissolve and seep
into ground and surface water.

6. For what reason India is
mining coal
 Coal supplies over 40%
of energy in India.
 Around 30% of coal is
imported.
 Due to high demand and
poor average quality,
India imports coking
coal to meet the
requirements of its
steel plants.

7. Electricity production by coal