Responding to a Parliament question, Coal Minister Prahlad Joshi informed that coal will stay as a major source of energy in the foreseeable future as the country will require base load capacity of coal-based generation for stability and also for energy security. While India has committed to clean energy under the Paris Agreement as well as in the recent COP26, the pace of transition to cleaner energy sources in India and phase down of coal is to be viewed in the light of national circumstances, he stressed. Read More