Mumbai, Sept. 13 -- Huge coal reserves are a great business opportunity, and the industry should join hands to leverage resources, said Additional Secretary and Nominated Authority, Ministry of Coal, Rupinder Brar.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of high-level Roadshow on Coal Gasification- Surface and Underground Technologies in Mumbai, Brar said, "As we are growing into a larger-sized economy today, we stand as the fourth largest and very soon we are going to be the third largest economy. It's a great business opportunity for us, given that India has huge reserves of coal. We have almost 400 billion tons... It's important for us and the industry to join hands to leverage the resources that we have."

The Ministry of Coal on Frid...