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Despite having large reserves of coal, why does India import millions of tonnes of coal

Despite having large reserves of coal, why does India import millions of tonnes of coal?
1. It is the policy of India to save its own coal reserves for future and import it from other countries for the present use.
2. most of the power plants in India are coal based and they are not able to get sufficient supplies of coal from within the country
3. Steel companies need large quantity of coking coal which has to be imported Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a)

1 only

(b)

2 and 3 only

(c)

1 and 3 only

(d)

1, 2 and 3

Answer:

(b)

Core Books/NCERT

Explanation

India imports coal due to inadequate domestic production to meet the needs of power plants and steel companies, not due to a policy of conservation.