Question: Despite having large reserves of coal, why does India import millions of tonnes of coal?
- It is the policy of India to save its own coal reserves for future, and import it from other countries for the present use.
- Most of the power plants in India are coal-based and they are not able to get sufficient supplies of coal from within the country.
- Steel companies need large quantity of cooking coal which has to be imported. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Options:
A) Only 1
B) 2 and 3
C) 1 and 3
D) All of these
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B