NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s coal ministry will seek a relaxation of some environmental norms to help increase the country’s overall coal production, coal minister Pralhad Joshi said on Tuesday.
Domestic demand for coal has risen considerably because of a steep hike in international prices, Joshi said, according to a press statement issued by India’s Ministry of Coal.
(Reporting Sudarshan Varadhan, Writing by Devjyot Ghoshal; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
