The ongoing crisis in West Asia has reinforced the need for India to strengthen self-reliance in energy, fertilisers, and petro-chemicals, particularly by leveraging its domestic coal resources. Coal contributes to about 55 per cent of India’s commercial energy production and more than 70 per cent of total power generation. Even globally, coal still contributes to approximately 28 per cent of the global energy supply.  In this context, the growing emphasis on acquiring technologies used for coal-based energy production signals a notable shift towards value-added utilisation of India’s fifth-largest coal reserves in the world. Coal gasification is one such technology that offers a cleaner, more efficient and sustainable alternative to conventional combustion (coal burning).  What is coal gasification?…