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Location of thermal power plants and coal fields in India are not mutually conducive. Analyse.

  • UPSC 2014
  • Industry

India's coal is locked into the Gondwana rift troughs of the eastern peninsular plateau, the Damodar, Son-Mahanadi and Godavari-Wardha belts east of 78 degrees E; Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh hold close to 87 per cent of national resources.

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  • The mismatch stated
  • Why siting diverged from the coalfields
  • The cost the mismatch imposes
  • Is the mismatch irrational?
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