Coal in India
Coal in India has been mined since 1774 and is now the second fastest mined in the world, producing 716 million metric tons (789 million short tons) in 2018. In 2017, India had 315.14 billion metric tons (347.38 billion short tons) of coal.The estimated total reserves of lignite coal that month was 44.70 billion metric tons (49.27 billion short tons).