What are the child health and human capital consequences of India's large coal power expansion? Using variation in … local coal capacity within place across cohorts, I find that exposure to a median-sized coal plant at birth is associated … children living closer to coal plants. Changes in coal capacity do not predict changes in other child observables, or …

fuels in the country. But, the fact remains that coal is still the most important fuel in India due to its affordability … status of Indian Coal Market & its shortcomings and various reforms required to make it internationally competitive …