New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Monday accused the union government making claims of adopting new and renewable energy path even as coal mines allocation and extraction went up by 13 times in past 10 years as per government's own reply in Rajya Sabha.
The party was reacting to a written reply given by the Coal Ministry in Rajya Sabha. It said production from mines allocated under the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act had risen sharply - from 12.34 million tonnes in 2015-16 to 155.02 million tonnes in 2024-25. The ministry claimed this increase demonstrated the success of its new allocation process.
The CPI said the steady increase in coal output over the past decade runs counter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi...