New Delhi, April 14 -- Six years after launching its coal gasification mission, and four years shy of the 2030 target of gasifying 100 million tonnes of coal, India has little to show for it -- a gap that looks particularly stark at a time when the war in West Asia has affected energy supplies to India. To be sure, the government raised the budget for the coal gasification mission by over 1,075% to Rs.3,525 crore in 2026-27 from Rs.300 crore in 2025-26, but almost the entire 2025-26 allocation remained unspent until January 2026, according to official records. Amid current global energy crisis , the mission is again in focus as one of the measures to reduce India's energy import dependence, people aware of the development said, requesting a...