UPSC · Prelims and Mains
Indian and World Geography
← India: resources, agriculture, industry and transportConventional energy resources
- Coal: Gondwana fields (Jharia, Raniganj, Bokaro, Korba, Talcher, Singrauli, Godavari valley) and tertiary lignite and coal (Neyveli, Assam, Meghalaya)
- Indian coal quality: high ash, low sulphur, low calorific value; coking coal imports for steel
- Petroleum: Mumbai High, Cambay, Assam (Digboi, Naharkatiya), Krishna-Godavari, Cauvery, Barmer (Rajasthan); refineries
- Natural gas fields and pipelines (HVJ); shale gas basins (Cambay, Krishna-Godavari, Cauvery, Damodar)
- Thermal and hydro power
- Nuclear power stations and their fuel: uranium and thorium sources
