India is investing 37,500 crore rupees to scale up coal and lignite gasification. The goal is to replace expensive imports of LNG, urea, and ammonia with domestically produced syngas, leveraging the country's massive coal reserves to improve energy security. While the government is providing incentives and long term coal linkages, the program faces technical hurdles. Success depends on matching gasification technology to India's specific high ash coal, as well as integrating carbon capture to manage emissions.
