India will increase spending on coal exploration by 20% in the next financial year while reducing funding for safety-related infrastructure by two. The spending increase aims to reduce India's growing reliance on coal imports, which is widening the country's trade deficit. India has a poor record concerning the protection of its coal miners, with a worker dying every six days on average in 2017, according to government data. India also cut safety spending the previous year.
India will increase spending on coal exploration by 20% in the next financial year while reducing funding for safety-related infrastructure by around a third. The spending increase aims to reduce India's growing reliance on coal imports, which is widening the country's trade deficit. India has a poor record concerning the protection of its coal miners, with a worker dying every six days on average in 2017, according to government data. India also cut safety spending the previous year.