Key highlights

• The Coal and Mines consultative committee meeting is listed for 07 January 2026, on “Technology upgradation in Coal Companies” in New Delhi. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs+1

Coal is politically unfashionable in elite conversation—but it remains economically foundational. India can build solar, wind, nuclear, and green hydrogen at scale (and it should), but it still needs stable baseload and industrial heat while the transition matures.

That’s why “technology upgradation” inside coal PSUs isn’t a small bureaucratic topic. It usually means:

• better mine safety and monitoring
• higher productivity with fewer accidents
• cleaner handling, logistics efficiency, and reduced leakages
• digital systems that reduce corruption and improve transparency

This is nationalism without noise: making old systems smarter so the country’s energy security doesn’t wobble while the future gets built.