Solid fossil fuels in the form of coal and, to a lesser extent, lignite have been traditionally dominating the energy scenario in India and meet about 55% of the country’s total energy requirement today. The Geological Survey of India was nucleated by the East India Company and, subsequently, institutionalized by the British Government in India in 1851, primarily to have the coalfields of the country surveyed geologically. Since then, the GSI has ...
