COAL SECTOR IN INDIA BY: SRI RANJIT MOHAPATRA Sr. Manager (Mining) GVTC JA. ABSTRACT: Coal is a mineral resource abundantly available in India mostly in shallow depths. Geological mine conditions and large scale manpower are two other factors favoring large scale coal mining in India. Coal production in India is one growing sector which helps our Electricity generation which in turn gives strong backing to Industrialization and Urbanization . In country’s Five year plans thrust is given to coal, steel , power, and railway sectors which are core sectors and depends upon one another. In employment generation Indian coal sector is one very important I ndustry creating direct and indirect employment to millions o f educated and uneducated countrymen every year. Coal based power plants needs less Gestation period and one of most reliable in terms of continuous availability of coal as raw material and runni ng of thermal po w er pl