Tamil Nadu accounts for about 82% of India’s lignite reserves of 40.9 billion tonne, as per the National Electricity Plan Volume-I: Generation, notified by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA).
The State has lignite reserves of 33,309.53 million tonne, followed by Rajasthan with 4,835.29 million tonne and Gujarat with 2,722.05 million tonne. Jammu and Kashmir accounts for 25.55 million tonne, while Kerala and West Bengal together have 11.44 million tonne, it said.
