India’s push to expand commercial coal mining is leading to a “resurgence” in coal supply jobs with the workforce growing by 74,000 positions in 2024 with the trend likely to continue in the current calendar year.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) in its world energy employment report said bulk of the coal workforce is concentrated in Asia Pacific, accounting for almost nine out of ten jobs worldwide. China and India alone account for around three-quarters of global coal supply employment.

Coal supply jobs have seen a resurgence in India, China and Indonesia in recent years, leading to global employment levels 8 per cent higher in 2024 than in 2019, despite a 20 per cent decline in advanced economies over that period, it pointed out.

“India’s coal supply workforce grew by nearly 74,

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