Coal resources of the country belong to two stratigraphic levels and basinal set up viz., Permian sediments in intra-cratonic lower Gondwana basins, and Early Tertiary near shore basins and shelf having mainly peri-cratonic set up. Major part of coal resources within the Gondwana basins that are preferentially located in the eastern and southeastern part of the country. The Tertiary coal constitutes only a small portion of the total coal resources and mostly ...
