The correct answer is Development of Surface Coal Gasification in India
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Union Coal Ministry organized a webinar on Coal Gasification and Liquefaction.
Important Point
India aims for 100 million tonnes (MT) coal gasification by 2030 with investments worth over Rs. 4 lakh crores.
For encouraging the use of clean sources of fuel, the government has provided for a concession of 20% on a revenue share of coal used for gasification. This will boost the production of synthetic natural gas, energy fuel, urea for fertilizers, and production of other chemicals.
For the development of Surface Coal Gasification in India, a Steering Committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of Dr. V.K. Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog comprising of members from the Ministry of Coal.
CIL has also planned to set up at least 3 gasification plants (besides Dankuni) on a BOO basis through global tendering and has signed an MOU with GAIL for marketing synthetic natural gas.